Suzanne and Ruth are joined by Steve Gumaer, the founder and President of Partners Relief & Development, a non-governmental organization that works with children affected by war and oppression, providing emergency relief and sustainable solutions to communities impacted by conflict. For the past 20 years, Steve, his family, and team have worked in three primary areas: sustainable community development, strengthening families and communities to prevent the exploitation and trafficking of children, and relief delivery during times of acute crisis. While the work began along the Thai-Myanmar border, it has expanded to include many projects throughout Southeast Asia, emergency relief for the Rohingya in Bangladesh, as well as aid to refugees and internally displaced people from Syria and Yemen. Here Steve talks about his team and the work they do in delivering aid to some of Myanmar's most vulnerable peoples, the power of self-reflection and of love, and some of the pitfalls that come with participating in charitable work within the modern context.

The ah nah: Conversations with Myanmar podcast was born from a desire to bring into public consciousness the atrocities that are currently being committed in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Our goal is simply to keep the conversation going, and to let the people of Myanmar know that they have not been forgotten. You can continue to support the people of Myanmar by keeping this conversation going. You can subscribe to this podcast on all major podcasting apps, including Apple, Spotify and Acast. You can also follow us on all our social media pages, linked below. If you’d like to reach out, please email us or fill out this form to add your voice to the conversation (https://tinyurl.com/3ee7ssm9).

Credits:

Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”.

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*Special thanks to Steve, his family and the entire team at Partners Relief and Development who continue to do incredible work to help the most vulnerable and in need across Myanmar and beyond. We are so grateful to Steve for adding his voice to the conversation, you can find out more about Partners Relief and Development check out their website here: https://www.partners.ngo

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