CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN VILLAGES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN DESTROYED

These are village children in Eastern Burma. Their homes have not yet been attacked as part of the current Burma Army offensive. There is no doubt, though, that some of them have had to run for their lives before, perhaps even more than once. The SPDC's war against the ethnic nationalities in Eastern Burma changes location from year to year. In any case, at the time of posting, in early April 2006, these photos were already three weeks old. It is possible that the war has reached them by now, and that they are also IDPs.