http://mawta.org Mawta Famine Relief Committee(MFRC) official website Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:11:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en August 13, 2009: More than 30 families from Chin state, western Burma, recently fled to neighboring Mizoram in northeast India because of the on-going famine. A villager in Wadaingkung, Mr. Khin Oo, who made the village census list, said that more than 170 people shifted to Mizoram last June and July ... http://mawta.org/?p=186 A Christian cross planted on the top of Kimo mountain in Paletwa Township, Chin State was pulled down in March, 2009 and is to be replaced with a Buddhist pagoda by the military regime, sources unveiled. The cross, which was jointly erected on the summit by a group of Christian denominations ... http://mawta.org/?p=182 An international seminar on 'Mawta/Mautam' Famine was recently held at Tipa (Tuipang) in South Mizoram. It was conducted by Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC), well attended by victims from across the border and sympathisers from India and abroad. The report is below: Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC) Famine seminar in Tipa Town ... http://mawta.org/?p=177 Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC) will hold 5-day conference at Tipa V (Tuipang V) town in Siaha (Saiha) District, South Mizoram for Mawta Famine victims in Chin State, Myanmar from January 17-21 this new year. During this conference, various issues related to famine caused by mawta/mautam phenomenon will be discussed ... http://mawta.org/?p=167 Khonumthung News, Oct. 31 - An official from Mohre Youth Clinic has reported that there have been many visitors from Chin state's Matupi and Thantlang villages, who had come for a check up in Mohre Youth Clinic, in the Indo-Myanmar boarder area earlier this month. Most of the patients were suffering ... http://mawta.org/?p=163 Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC), an NGO established by the famine victims in Chin state has released its Press Release No. 2. Kindly read below: MFRC PRESS RELEASE No. 2 Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC) is formed by the victims of the Mawta famine in Chin State , Myanmar . This press release ... http://mawta.org/?p=158 SIAHA, Mizoram - Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC), an NGO working directly with Mawta famine victims among Mara people in Chin state has expanded its good work among other tribes most effected by the mawta phenomenon. The second round of free distribution of rice worth Rs.12,00,000 (12 lakh) were benefited ... http://mawta.org/?p=154 Chinland Guardian, 06 October, 2008 -  Chin communities, churches and individuals across the globe welcomed DFID's 'philanthropic' responses to the devastating food crisis that has been facing the Chin people in Burma's Chin State since late 2006. The Department for International Development(DFID), part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid ... http://mawta.org/?p=151 (Khonumthung News) September 27 - Burmese Army soldiers have been demanding livestock and money from starving villagers in areas that are severely affected by acute food shortage in southern Chin state, western Burma. Captain Aung Kyaw Hein from LIB (538) stationed in the Shinletwa military camp in Paletwa Township on September ... http://mawta.org/?p=149 One of Burma's smallest ethnic minorities, the Mara, say hundreds of their people have starved to death. Local human rights groups believe food shortages have brought 100,000 people in the western Chin state to a critical point and are calling for urgent assistance. The cause is a natural phenomenon which occurs ... http://mawta.org/?p=144