Partner Organizations
 Partner Donors

The Partners of Mae Tao Clinic 

The success of Mae Tao Clinic is dependant upon successful collaboration with other local and international organizations, as well as the ongoing support from the international community. MTC considers the following organizations and individuals as partners in the effort to improve the lives of the people of Burma, through increased services, education, and advocacy.

Partner Organizations

Back Pack Health Worker Teams (BPHWT):
MTC partners with the BPHWT organization. There are about 75 BPHWTs. They provide health services to remote villages and IDPs in Karen, Mon, and Karenni areas. Each team consists of 3 to 4 health workers. The estimated target population for the BPHW Teams is 170,000 people inside Burma who would otherwise not have access to health care services.

Back Pack Teams are engaged in curative care, health campaigns, and water and sanitation projects, vitamin A and de-worming programs, school health promotion, and TBA (Traditional Birth Attendant) training and support. Health information systems, data collection and analysis, and ongoing medical training are important components of the Back Pack program as well.

MTC collaborates with the BPWHTs to provide health seminars, workshops, and training seminars every 6 months; BPHWTs also use MTC mobile clinics as referral centers for patients who live in close enough proximity.

Thai Government:
Mae Tao Clinic frequently refers complicated medical cases to Mae Sot Thai government hospital. Thai Public Health and Mae Sot Hospital provide advanced technical and logistical support to Mae Tal Clinic in areas such as special laboratory tests and X-ray / ultrasound facilities.


Local Organizations:
     Adolescent Reproductive Health Network (ARHN)
Mae Tao Clinic continues to work with the ARHN, a network of local organsiations based in Mae Sot including: a) Karen Women’s Organisation b) Social Action for Women c) Palaung Women’s Organsiation d) Karen Youth Organisation e) Burmese Women’s Union f) NLD Women.

The ARHN conducted a survey of adolescents in migrant, internally displaced and refugee populations. They developed training curriculum together and conduct treainings with adolescents in these target populations. Topics include gender based violence, STIs, family planning, leadership skills etc
     Committee for the Protection and Promotion of Child Rights (CPPCR)
MTC continues to work with CPPCR on raising community awareness on child rights and, in particular, for the rights of documentation.
     Burma Medical Association/National Health and Education Committee/Back Pack Health Workers Team
MTC collaborates with these organisations to: a. Strengthen health information systems on either side of the border b. Provide capacity building for health workers along the Burma border c. Develop training curriculum d. Develop health policy
     Burma Children’s Fund
Burma Children’s Fund supports children to be referred to Chiang Mai Hospital for lifesaving operations which are beyond the resources of Mae Sot Hospital. In 2004, around 25 cases were sent for operations from Mae Tao Clinic.
  Children On The Edge
Mae Tao Clinic and Children On The Edge work together for Child Protection in the Mae Sot area. Children On The Edge supported a collaborative research project that investigated the most urgent protection issues for migrant children in the Mae Sot area. Both of our organisations work with boarding houses for unaccompanied children to set up minimum standards of care and protection mechanisms within the boarding houses.

Partner Donors in 2007

Over US$ 100,000

• International Rescue Committee/USAID (USA)

• Scott and Tiffany McDonald (USA)

• Dietrich Botstiber Foundation (USA)

• Burma Relief Centre/Interpares/CIDA

• Thailand Burma Border Consortium (Thailand)

• Columbia University, RAISE Project (USA)

• ICCO (Netherlands)

• Norwegian Church Aid (Norway)

US$ 50-100,000

• Stichting Vluchteling (Netherlands)

• CUSO/Pure and Co (Canada)

• Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard (Thailand)

• Safe Abortion Action Fund (UK)

• Terre Des Hommes (Netherlands)

• SOLCO  (Denmark)

• Help Without Frontiers (Italy)

 US$ 10-50,000

• Family Health International (USA)

• World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (Sweden)

• Daw Suu Foundation

• Karen Refugee Camp Women's Development Group (Scotland)

• Clear Path International (USA)

• Children's World (UK)

• Lonely Planet Australia

• Burma Medical Association North America (USA)

• Medical Mercy Canada (Canada)

• Jun Kobayashi

• Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (Philippines)

• Paula and Tao Bock

 US$ 1-10,000

• MOM Project (BMA/GHAP)

• Planet Care/GHAP (USA)

• The Brackett Foundation (USA)

• Tan Geok Hwa

• John Hussman Foundation (Thailand)

• Burmese organizations in Japan

• Julian

• University of Washington (USA)

• Maltesers International (Germany/Thailand)

• Committee on Protection and Promotion of Child's Rights (Thailand)

• Australia Burma Friendship Association

• Shannon and Sebastien Sirois

Less than US $1,000

The MTC is grateful for the many donations that were made in this category which are too numerous to list in this report.

Donations in Kind

The following organizations and individuals provided donations of equipment, supplies or human resources to MTC:

• AA Bulapa Company

• AA Company and Khun Putsapa

• Action Medeor

• Ami Zarchi

• Australian Volunteers International

• Beatemoore

• Bed Net Limited

• Ben Lee

• Boonyisa Boonyakiaibutr

• Bucheon City Pharmacists Committee and Seo Yong Seok

• Burma Border Projects

• Burma Children's Fund

• Burmese Relief Centre Japan

• Busara Makomol

• Calgary University

• Child Messenger

• Child's Dream

• Colgate - Palmolive Company

• Collaboration Sante Internationale

• Cross Link International

• CUSO

• Darson Marketing

• Dr E Mann

• Dr Frank

• Dr Thanmjit Wichienkuer

• Dumex Company

• FCI Company

• Foam;Chiao Fu, Fabric and Production; Tel-Dan

• Geraldine Pachis

• Help Without Frontiers

• Internatioal Committee for the Red Cross

• International Rescue Committee

• K Kuk

• Kanna

• Karen Aid

• Khun Akechai

• Khun Anna

• Khun Janjira Thonglairuam

• Khun Mi

• Khun Nung

• Khun Pam and Anna

• Khun Prateep

• Khun Somchai

• Khun Tom

• Khun Vinai

• KIRF and Dr Phil Kroll

• KN Company

• Larry Mueller

• Links Australia

• Mae Sot Hospital

• Medicins Sans Frontiers

• Mitwelt Netzwerk

• Mr. Nuch

• Mr. Manmohan Singh Thakral

• OPAL

• Operation Smile

• Pai/Lin

• Pam

• Payathai Company

• Peter Federsen

• Pfizer Global Health Fellows

• Pirayana

• Project Umbrella

• REMEDY

• Robert Skaggs

• Rotary Club of Revelstoke

• Roungstanapun Company

• Seeds Ministries

• Siriya Sachdecha

• SIT International Company

• Songsati Company

• Soungsabu Company

• Steve Blum and many Friends

• Suncarector Company

• Taipei Overseas Peace Services

• Tel Den

• Tesco Lotus

• ThaiTha Sung

• Thatapon Polyester Company

• Thonburi Hospital

• United Global Agency (Thailand)

• United Nations High Comission for Refugees

• University of Queensland Medical School