Mo Gee (left), age 32, Mr. Saw Taw (center), age 40, and Mr. Pahco (right), age 31, at the Karen Handicapped Welfare Association (KHWA), Mae La refugee camp, Thailand, Tuesday, March 27, 2007. ..Mo Gee lost his arms and eye sight in 1996 as a Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) soldier on the front line trying to disarm a Burmese Army/SPDC landmine. Came to Thailand in 1996-97 and treated at Mae Sot Hospital and by MSF...Saw Taw lost his arms and eye sight in November 2002 as a soldier in the KNLA trying to disarm a landmine...Mr. Pahco lost his hands and eyesight trying to disarm a Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) landmine. The accident happened 9 years ago when he was a soldier in the KNLA. He has been at Karen Handicapped Welfare Association KHWA since it started in 2002.
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