By Tim Michell
KILSYTH’S Pah Day had to flee war-torn Burma but keeps going back to help those left behind.
Mr Day, 38, spent 11 years living in a Thai refugee camp before coming to Australia four years ago.
But he says the difficult experiences have only fuelled his determination to return home to deliver urgent medical supplies as part of Croydon Hills Baptist Church’s Hope Project.
The trip will be the second time Karen members of the church have returned to the border area. It is too dangerous to travel inside Burma.
“The Government draw the lines, so they (the Karen) find it difficult to even get their basic needs,” Mr Day said. “They have a policy where you can’t get in certain areas without any legal clearance.”
On his previous trip, Mr Day got the chance to hand out vital supplies in his old community, an experience he said was gratifying.
“In my heart, I really just want to help my people,” he said.
“The region I lived in faced a lot of problems. They targeted civilians because they knew that if they got to them the ethnic army would not survive.”
Church team leader Kathy Thompson said the group would face a difficult journey to the Thai-Burmese border.
KILSYTH’S Pah Day had to flee war-torn Burma but keeps going back to help those left behind.
Mr Day, 38, spent 11 years living in a Thai refugee camp before coming to Australia four years ago.
But he says the difficult experiences have only fuelled his determination to return home to deliver urgent medical supplies as part of Croydon Hills Baptist Church’s Hope Project.
The trip will be the second time Karen members of the church have returned to the border area. It is too dangerous to travel inside Burma.
“The Government draw the lines, so they (the Karen) find it difficult to even get their basic needs,” Mr Day said. “They have a policy where you can’t get in certain areas without any legal clearance.”
On his previous trip, Mr Day got the chance to hand out vital supplies in his old community, an experience he said was gratifying.
“In my heart, I really just want to help my people,” he said.
“The region I lived in faced a lot of problems. They targeted civilians because they knew that if they got to them the ethnic army would not survive.”
Church team leader Kathy Thompson said the group would face a difficult journey to the Thai-Burmese border.
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