- Pah Plo had to flee many times as a child. Then, when the SPDC made a camp near his mountain village, the whole village had to move and resettle in another location.

- A brother of Wah Baw, also KNLA, was killed in action. His mother died of malaria. The SPDC forcibly moved his village, and robbed it of all its food.

- Ler Gay had a cousin who was killed while he was tending elephants. His wife, daughter and three sons are hiding in the forest, as internally-displaced persons. It is unsafe for them to be in their village, since it is regularly raided by SPDC looking for porters and people to use as mine clearers at the front.

- Htoo Lei is only thirteen years old. He has been in three firefights. He joined the KNLA with his older brother. He is only a soldier in the summer; the rest of the year he is in school. He is willing to take assistance.

- Pweh Say had to flee when the SPDC burned his village at night. His father was shot dead at their farm when he was a little boy. He joined the KNLA when he was twelve.

- During the night, the DKBA rigged a landmine at the foot of Po Di’s house. When his father came down in the morning, he set it off and died. Later, they came back and burned the house. Po Di, who is fifteen, does not want assistance or to go to school. He wants to stay in the KNLA.

- Ler Doh is twelve. His father is in the KNLA. His mother, two sisters and younger brother are in a refugee camp. He trains when school is not in session, with his parents’ permission. He said he does not want assistance.

- Ti Baw’s parents were imprisoned for one year when the SPDC found out that his sister’s husband is in the KNLA.

- When Pah Gaw Wah was a boy, the SPDC came and burned his village. Everyone in his family ran. When they regrouped in the forest, his pregnant mother and little sister were not there. They were too slow, and had been caught and killed. Pah Gaw Wah’s brother was also caught another time while cutting bamboo, and then shot.

- Htee Shee has had to flee many times when the SPDC came to his village looking for porters. An uncle in the KNLA was killed in action.