These were the words of one of the many brave volunteers who make up the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) a humanitarian service organization which works closely with the many tribal defense forces, resisting the repression of the Burmese government. FBR’s stated mission is to bring “help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma.”

The group was founded in the wake of a Burmese Army offensive against ethnic minority peoples in 1997, which ... (more)