What’s been lost in Burma

The Spring Revolution in Burma is Resilient – which is just as well.

In 2025 anti-junta forces control about half the country, and have the political and military momentum. Or at least they had, until the United States pulled its support.

In February the US government axed $160-million of funding from Burma, almost overnight. Compounded by aid cuts from the UK and other countries, the collapse in support to civilian communities is devastating – especially for those who have already suffered so much.

Among the activities defunded overnight: humanitarian aid to some four million displaced people – and support to schooling in the war-zones, where ethnic minority teachers provide basic education to some of the most marginalized children in Southeast Asia, under constant risk of air-strikes from Myanmar Army. The US and other western countries also provided hundreds of scholarships for young people who have fled the violence, but were able to continue their education abroad.