| Since 2005, the AFSC has worked quietly with local partners in Myanmar (Burma) and Burmese migrants in neighboring Thailand. After the devastating 2004 tsunami, AFSC provided aid to Burmese migrant workers, who were shunned in the local relief efforts relief efforts. Some of the Burmese monks and social workers who aided tsunami victims in Thailand returned to Myanmar to share their knowledge after the cyclone hit |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
