Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand

In western Thailand the town of Mae Sot, on the border with Burma, illegal migrants and refuges visit the Mae Tao Clinic to seek medical treatment that they could not hope to receive in their own country. The clinic was set up twenty years ago to serve the needs of the countless people who cross the river between the two countries, often at great personal risk. Landmine victims, malaria sufferers, expectant mothers and those who have been wounded in the endless conflict between the Burmese Army and the various ethnic regions, especially in Karen State, that has raged for several decades, all find their way to Mae Tao on the edge of the dusty frontier town These photographs were made on a visit in early May, just before the start of the monsoon (and malaria) season.

In western Thailand the town of Mae Sot, on the border with Burma, illegal migrants and refuges visit the Mae Tao Clinic to seek medical treatment that they could not hope to receive in their own country. The clinic was set up twenty years ago to serve the needs of the countless people who cross the river between the two countries, often at great personal risk. Landmine victims, malaria sufferers, expectant mothers and those who have been wounded in the endless conflict between the Burmese Army and the various ethnic regions, especially in Karen State, that has raged for several decades, all find their way to Mae Tao on the edge of the dusty frontier town These photographs were made on a visit in early May, just before the start of the monsoon (and malaria) season.

In western Thailand the town of Mae Sot, on the border with Burma, illegal migrants and refuges visit the Mae Tao Clinic to seek medical treatment that they could not hope to receive in their own country. The clinic was set up twenty years ago to serve the needs of the countless people who cross the river between the two countries, often at great personal risk. Landmine victims, malaria sufferers, expectant mothers and those who have been wounded in the endless conflict between the Burmese Army and the various ethnic regions, especially in Karen State, that has raged for several decades, all find their way to Mae Tao on the edge of the dusty frontier town These photographs were made on a visit in early May, just before the start of the monsoon (and malaria) season.

In western Thailand the town of Mae Sot, on the border with Burma, illegal migrants and refuges visit the Mae Tao Clinic to seek medical treatment that they could not hope to receive in their own country. The clinic was set up twenty years ago to serve the needs of the countless people who cross the river between the two countries, often at great personal risk. Landmine victims, malaria sufferers, expectant mothers and those who have been wounded in the endless conflict between the Burmese Army and the various ethnic regions, especially in Karen State, that has raged for several decades, all find their way to Mae Tao on the edge of the dusty frontier town These photographs were made on a visit in early May, just before the start of the monsoon (and malaria) season.

In western Thailand the town of Mae Sot, on the border with Burma, illegal migrants and refuges visit the Mae Tao Clinic to seek medical treatment that they could not hope to receive in their own country. The clinic was set up twenty years ago to serve the needs of the countless people who cross the river between the two countries, often at great personal risk. Landmine victims, malaria sufferers, expectant mothers and those who have been wounded in the endless conflict between the Burmese Army and the various ethnic regions, especially in Karen State, that has raged for several decades, all find their way to Mae Tao on the edge of the dusty frontier town These photographs were made on a visit in early May, just before the start of the monsoon (and malaria) season.