"Meredith Bunn"

Suzanne and Ruth are joined by Meredith Bunn, founder and managing director of Skills for Humanity. Meredith is a medical and disaster specialist who has been operating in Myanmar for over 7years. Meredith manages a team of over 1500 volunteers right across the country. She talks about the escalating humanitarian crisis on the ground as well as the risks people face everyday right across the country while trying to assist and provide aid to Myanmar's most vulnerable. She also provides us with an update on the current COVID crisis that is hitting the country (go to 39.45 for a first hand account of the critical Covid-19 situation on the ground). 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”. Graphics: SelinaXin Sound Effects: https://mixkit.co **Special thanks to Meredith Bunn, her team at Skills for Humanity, and all NGO workers, aid agencies and civil society organisations who risk their lives everyday to provide humanitarian assistance all across Myanmar. We are so grateful to Meredith for adding her voice to the conversation, you can follow her organisation Skills for Humanity on facebook @Skillsforhumanity. Follow ah nah: instagram.com/ahnahpodcast facebook.com/ahnahpodcast twitter.com/ahnahpodcast Thanks for listening, and remember to #KeepTheConversationGoing! Myanmar, we have not forgotten you. Follow us at @ahnahpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.