Colorado Burma Roundtable Network

Each year CBRTN organizes a trip to SE Asia - to Thailand and other parts of SE Asia. On these trips CBRTN works with local Christian missionaries and organizations to:

Deliver food to IDP's
Provide medical assistance to refugees and remote villages
Disperse funds to help with other needs as they arise (e.g. shelter, transportation)
Assist local native missions spread the Gospel

CBRTN organizes small groups of people to the north and west parts of Thailand (Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces).

CBRTN teams partner with local Christian missionaries, aid organizations and other Christian groups (e.g. Emmanuel Boys home). A typical trip will involve obtaining supplies (food, medicines) for delivery into a refugee camp either in Thailand or on an IDP camp on the Thai-Burma border, working with the leaders of these camps to better understand immediate needs. A team might also visit remote Thai Karen villages in order to be examples of Christ's love, assisting with medical and other needs as these arise.

CBRTN also networks and works closely with key organizations on the ground in Burma and along the Thai-Burma border, where many IDP's have fled from the Burmese military's brutal persecution. CBRTN seeks to find ways to be of better assistance to Karen and other refugees in the refugee camps and after relocation to third countries. For these reasons, it is important that CBRTN establish a good local network. For example, because of our local network in Thailand and Burma, CBRTN has been able to provide funds directly to those affected by cyclone Nargis � even when major international aid organizations were simply unable to reach these victims due to restrictions of the Burmese regime.

Jack's trip report.
Jack's 2nd trip report.