Malaria. A worm infestation. A serious burn to a child’s leg, caused by contact with a motorcycle exhaust pipe, that had been treated with toothpaste.
These were some of the cases treated in a remote village on the Thai-Myanmar border by the private charity Jungle Aid.
The nonreligious nonprofit, based in the beach resort city of Hua Hin, operates free medical clinics, offers educational services, delivers used clothing and mosquito nets, and improves sanitation facilities in villages populated by ethnic Karen people.
More than 100,000 of them live in poor villages or camps in the mountains that straddle Thailand and Myanmar, often without access to government services and a reliable source of income.
(Bangkok Post video)
