Friday, February 10, 2017 | Frontpage, Our work, uncategorised
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA have called for the Australian government to use its international influence to push for an immediate end to the crisis and for a UN Commission of Inquiry.
Friday, September 30, 2016 | Frontpage
With the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef weighing heavily on the minds of many Australians, you could be forgiven for not having noticed the threat looming over Myanmar’s Salween River – another of the world’s great environmental treasures.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 | Frontpage, Our work
This month, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA looks at projects we support that are focused on women and gender equality. From leadership skills in refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border to domestic violence campaigns in Vietnam and raising awareness of the dangers of asbestos
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 | Our work
APHEDA’s Thai-Burma Border Project Officer, Katie Camarena, writes about the opening of the new Mae Tao Clinic and her time based at the clinic working for Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF). My memories from the old Mae Tao Clinic For two years, my commute to...
Friday, April 29, 2016 | APHEDA People
This month we introduce you to Shan teacher and human rights activist, Charm Tong. At age six, Charm Tong was forced to leave her beloved Shan State (Burma) to escape conflict. She settled in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border with her family.