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Earth Mission VISION: We want to see all people in remote Karen areas have access to high quality healthcare.

Rainy season knocked out the roads? No problem. We're blessed to have these motivated young men who will literally carry...
10/11/2025

Rainy season knocked out the roads? No problem. We're blessed to have these motivated young men who will literally carry patients for days if they have to.

They're using a "bambulance" in these photos, as we like to call it. Basically, it's a litter made out of a large piece of bamboo with a hammock attached. Great for carrying a patient across difficult terrain if you have no other option.

This quote has been on our minds a lot lately. Courage shows its face in many forms here: Someone dedicating years of th...
10/09/2025

This quote has been on our minds a lot lately. Courage shows its face in many forms here: Someone dedicating years of their life to medical training just to give back to their community. Carrying an injured patient for days across difficult terrain. Building a community during a war. Finding joy when things get bad.

Grace under pressure.

10/07/2025

Our Year 3 E-Tech (engineering) students are completing their internships at the Rain Tree Clinic (RTC), and now they're working on seasonal projects with staff and instructors. Alongside classes, each student takes weekly on-call duties to support clinic and campus engineering needs.

They're absolutely essential for providing steady, high-quality healthcare in these remote Karen areas.

A severely injured patient is carried across a river in an effort to refer him out of the country. "Though I speak with ...
10/06/2025

A severely injured patient is carried across a river in an effort to refer him out of the country. "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." - 1 Corinthians 13:1.

10/05/2025

We're proud of Year 5 PA student Eh Sel Gay for bringing this little life into the world. She will be graduating next spring, and she's becoming more comfortable managing deliveries — like performing an episiotomy (a small incision to widen the birth canal) to help the mother have a safe delivery.

The deliveries include two sets of twins! Still, rainy season is hitting us hard. It has destroyed many of the roads out...
10/03/2025

The deliveries include two sets of twins! Still, rainy season is hitting us hard. It has destroyed many of the roads out here, which makes patient travel difficult or impossible. But we accommodate how we can — moving the surgical team when needed, physically carrying patients, and relying on our E-Tech (engineering) students and graduates to constantly fix vehicles as they struggle through the elements.

Photos from our engineering (E-tech) training program in Mae Sariang, Thailand. Along with our daily training, we often ...
09/26/2025

Photos from our engineering (E-tech) training program in Mae Sariang, Thailand. Along with our daily training, we often support the local community, working with the Karen in the area.

Our engineering students have helped local schools, learned how to repair vehicles, learned about electrical issues, built a cover for vehicles, and tackled other community engineering tasks. They also enjoy cane ball and soccer tournaments in the community!

We're looking for a creative, competent marketing and media professional to join the team here in Chiang Mai, Thailand! ...
09/25/2025

We're looking for a creative, competent marketing and media professional to join the team here in Chiang Mai, Thailand! Send your resume to the email in the image to apply.

There are incredible stories coming out of Karen State every day, and there is a community around the world that wants to support building quality, sustainable healthcare there. This position is all about connecting those two worlds, and we can't wait to find someone who will thrive in doing that. Looking forward to speaking with some of you!

We're looking for a creative, competent marketing and media professional to join the team here in Chiang Mai, Thailand! ...
09/25/2025

We're looking for a creative, competent marketing and media professional to join the team here in Chiang Mai, Thailand! Send your resume here to apply: lek@earthmissionasia.org

There are incredible stories coming out of Karen State every day, and there is a community around the world that wants to support building quality, sustainable healthcare there. This position is all about connecting those two worlds, and we can't wait to find someone who will thrive in doing that. Looking forward to speaking with some of you!

This is a letter from Naw Gay, written to thank everyone who has contributed to her story. Together, we have now crossed...
09/16/2025

This is a letter from Naw Gay, written to thank everyone who has contributed to her story. Together, we have now crossed the $150,000 mark.

When we first launched this campaign after Naw Gay’s horrific burns, we reached out to burn specialists in Singapore. After hearing her case, they assured us they would do everything possible to minimize costs, but still estimated the total at “low five or six figures.” They then helped connect us with leading specialists in Thailand where Naw Gay is now being treated. BTW, her next scheduled surgery is on her mouth on 26 Oct. However, because we have reached the estimated costs, we will close this campaign for Naw Gay for now.

As you’ll see in her letter, Naw Gay is a remarkable person. In a single moment, her entire life was changed. And still, she can write words filled with gratitude. Hemingway once said that “courage is grace under pressure.” By that definition, Naw Gay is courage itself. Yet she is also human, and there will be days of strength and days of struggle. So while the campaign is now closed, please continue to pray for her.

We will share milestones and updates here. For now, read her words. Be thankful. Be humble. And let her courage inspire you to face this world and its troubles with a hope and a grace that runs deeper still.

Food is absolutely central to Karen culture. The sheer amount of rice the average Karen man or woman eats out here would...
09/14/2025

Food is absolutely central to Karen culture. The sheer amount of rice the average Karen man or woman eats out here would 100% shock anyone from the USA...

It's rainy season, which means travel is exponentially harder. The volume of patients is lower, but the ones we do get d...
09/09/2025

It's rainy season, which means travel is exponentially harder. The volume of patients is lower, but the ones we do get during this time are typically the sickest... the ones who have no choice but to travel. Some walk, some are carried, and some find washed-out roads that are barely drivable on the back of a motorcycle.

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Health for the Hidden

The Karen are a people group concentrated along the Thai-Myanmar border. As peace in Myanmar struggles forward, many Karens still scratch out a living as farmers. In mountain and jungle areas, little is left over for education or healthcare.

Since 2015, Earth Mission Asia has been operating a five-year Physician Assistant training program that is specifically designed around problems commonly found in rural villages. We are also developing training programs needed to support healthcare teams in in the jungle (i.e. engineering technology and administration). Our strategies are especially focused on empowering students from these areas.