Cynthia Maung

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Mae Tao Clinic

Cynthia Maung (born December 6, 1959 in Mawlamyaing , Myanmar ) is a Myanmar doctor of medicine from the Karen people and founder of the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot , Thailand .

Life

Cynthia Maung was trained at the University of Yangon and then worked in several hospitals in the area of ​​the former capital of Myanmar, including the North Okkalapa General Hospital.

After the bloody riots on August 8, 1988, she fled to the Thai border. In February 1989, the construction of a small clinic for the treatment of refugees from Myanmar began in Mae Sot's suburb Mae Tao . Today the Mae Tao Clinic treats up to 100,000 patients a year. A small settlement emerged from the wooden hut from the Wilhelminian era. More than a hundred employees work in the clinic, which is financed purely from donations.

Act

Dr. Cynthia Maung is often referred to as the Mother Teresa of Burma. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and received several prestigious awards for her work, including the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Prize and the Jonathan Mann Award . In 2003, she named Time Magazine Asia Hero of the Year. In 2013 she was honored with the Sydney Peace Prize for her work .

She is involved in the training of medical personnel. There are regular annual medical courses at her clinic. The trainees often return to Myanmar after their training, continue to help at the clinic, or work for the Back Pack Health Worker Team in Mae Sot, an aid organization that offers medical help in the Myanmar states of Kayin , Kayah and Mon , areas in which state health care simply does not exist.

Cynthia Maung cannot think of returning to Myanmar. She is classified by the military regime as a supporter of the Karen National Union and faces persecution if she returns.

Awards

  • In 2003, Time magazine named her the "Heroine of Asia"
  • In 2017 she received the human rights award of the Baptist World Federation as “a woman of faith who selflessly dedicated her life to the poor and oppressed”

Images by Mae Tao

  • main building

  • Waiting for the ophthalmologist

  • Graduation of a year-long medic course, January 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Biography of Cynthia Maung
  2. ↑ 2013 Cynthia Maung , at sydneypeacefoundation.org.au, accessed February 16, 2015
  3. ↑ Thailand: Cynthia Maung - a "heroine of Asia" , ead.de, article from March 14, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Maung, Cynthia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Myanmar doctor
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mawlamyaing , Myanmar