Sunday, December 28, 2008
ULYO's Activitives
Health
The health situation of the Lahu people is poor. There are no clinics, not enough health workers and/or health services in Lahu areas. The villagers have little awareness of health prevention. Some of the villagers use opium as medicine, to help them recover in times of severe illness and pain. As a result of using opium, a number of addicts can be found in the villages.
For this reason, ULYO works with Back Pack Health Worker Team to provide health care and education training to resolve those problems. In addition to visiting the village schools and providing vitamin A, de-worming, they also teach the students about personal hygiene and the importance of cutting their fingernails etc.
The health situation of the Lahu people is poor. There are no clinics, not enough health workers and/or health services in Lahu areas. The villagers have little awareness of health prevention. Some of the villagers use opium as medicine, to help them recover in times of severe illness and pain. As a result of using opium, a number of addicts can be found in the villages.
For this reason, ULYO works with Back Pack Health Worker Team to provide health care and education training to resolve those problems. In addition to visiting the village schools and providing vitamin A, de-worming, they also teach the students about personal hygiene and the importance of cutting their fingernails etc.
Many Lahu people marry at an early age and have large families. There is a high mortality rate among mothers and infants. Adolescent Reproductive Health Training and Health Education Training are provided by ULYO to enable Lahu and Akhan communities to prevent some of the diseases themselves, as well as training and education for drug abuse prevention. Moreover, ULYO provides free medical treatment and condoms in order to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
Drugs can be found easily in Lahu villages, as they are located on the borders of China, Laos and Thailand. Because of using drugs, many Lahu youths drop out of school, domestic violence and separation of families often occurs.
The Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education (DARE) team provide training workshops and education for drug prevention to decrease the number of addicts mentioned above.
Given additional resources, we would be able to set up an addiction recovery center to help those Lahu suffering from addictions inside Burma.
The Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education (DARE) team provide training workshops and education for drug prevention to decrease the number of addicts mentioned above.
Given additional resources, we would be able to set up an addiction recovery center to help those Lahu suffering from addictions inside Burma.
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