ELL: Re: Akha Journal: Hot in the city Aug. 10, 2001
Matthew McDaniel
akha at LOXINFO.CO.TH
Sat Aug 11 03:22:12 UTC 2001
Cem:
Yes, you can learn Akha Language.
I have much material and can send it to you PDF in part and in text in
part for that which I don't have in PDF.
Akha language is quite easy to learn now that we have put it in a
phonetic script.
Let me know how you would like to proceed.
You can go to http://www.akha.org/akha2/index.htm and scroll down to
"Akha Text" on the left side there and take a look at what it looks
like, as there is one piece on line.
Matthew
kebo0002 wrote:
> Hello Matthew ! Can I ask you, if you can give me some advice, where I
> can learn Akha language? Does online material exist? Thanks in
> advance, Cem
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthew McDaniel
> To: akha at akha.org
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:33 PM
> Subject: ELL: Akha Journal: Hot in the city Aug. 10, 2001
> Dear Friends:
>
> 1.
>
> The conditions in the Akha villages are hot and very
> difficult.
>
> It is incredibly humid and hot this month with more rains
> than last year, this means the rice is better, what got
> planted, but that the health of the people is worse. August
> is always a critical month.
>
> Rice from last year is running out since there wasn't much
> rain, and there is a fever and deep cough running through
> the villages. I saw many children with their fifth day of
> fever, bodies very thin, eyese red and glassy, often
> combined with an eye infection.
>
> Land continues to be taken from the Akha and the message is
> "move or die". Many of the villagers are living under
> starvation conditions, the rice running out and no other
> food in the house.
>
> To make matters worse the district offices have said that
> any loose roaming pigs may be killed or injured. However
> there is no clear reason why the pigs should be restricted
> any more than in the past, any more than the traditional
> message which is to tell the owner, "hey, your pig is in my
> field."
>
> The Mae Faluang Ampur office MUST take much responsibility
> for what is occuring in the villages.
>
> Meanwhile Thai pig farms located next to major creeks where
> they dump the pig waste continue to flourish.
>
> 2.
>
> Loh Guuh Update.
> Further investigation with the villagers who helped to bury
> Loh Guuh after he was killed in a police sting operation
> reveal the following.
>
> He was not the man selling the drugs, had been asked to help
> with the money transaction.
> An old Thai man had been used to go about asking for anyone
> who could help him find the pills.
> He requested a specific number of pills.
> Loh Guuh was sitting in a patch of corn when he was shot
> from behind from a distance of about a meter and a half, in
> the back of the head twice, and once more as he fell over,
> through his kidney and exiting out of the top of his chest
> in front.
>
> He did not have a gun or any weapon, and could as easily
> been aprehended as two others were at the scene.
>
> He left a wife and three young children behind.
> The old Thai man who was used did not have a job, farm, or
> much to eat.
>
> This appears to be a case of entrapment.
>
> Known Thai Drug runners in Maesai are not shot, let alone
> shot in the back of the head at point blank range. Neither
> are they always apprehended.
>
> 3.
>
> Truck Road Chains Finished
>
> As some of you know the roads here in the rainy season are
> very dangerous, steep and muddy, filled with ruts and deep
> tracks.
>
> It has taken a long time with the machine shop to get them
> finished but finally last week I finished the first two of a
> set of four chains that make it possible to get into any
> Akha village in Thailand and safely out again regardless of
> road conditions. Built of heavy chain and large steel links
> with iron cleats, the truck can climb or descend without
> sliding sideways or getting stuck in the ruts.
>
> 4.
> The On Line petition reaches 95 signatures
> Please take the time to add your name at the link below.
>
> 5.
> Akha.org has been significantly improved.
> Please visit, now as many as a 100 hits a day.
> Suggestions to make the site more beneficial and easy to
> use?
>
> 6.
> Looking for buyers of Akha Mountain rice in order to help
> the Akha protect their rice lands.
> Looking for investors in Akha Mountain Tea and Coffee.
>
>
>
>
> Matthew McDaniel
> The Akha Heritage Foundation
> Maesai, Chiangrai, Thailand
>
> Join The Growing International Effort To Protect The Akha
> Sign The Petition To The Thai Government
> On Line At:
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AkhaZauh/petition.html
>
>
>
> http://www.akha.org
>
> Donations:
> PayPal:
> https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=akha%40loxinfo.co.th
>
> Credit Card Donation Site:
> http://www.drugwar.com/sto
> e/proddetail.cfm?ItemID=12&CategoryID=6
>
> Your donation goes to infant care, vitamins, medical
> supplies, wells, bread and fish for the villages.
>
> Donations by check or money order may be sent to:
> The Akha Heritage Foundation
> PO BOX 6073
> Salem OR 97304 USA
>
>
--
Matthew McDaniel
The Akha Heritage Foundation
Maesai, Chiangrai, Thailand
Join The Growing International Effort To Protect The Akha
Sign The Petition To The Thai Government
On Line At:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AkhaZauh/petition.html
http://www.akha.org
Donations:
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=akha%40loxinfo.co.th
Credit Card Donation Site:
http://www.drugwar.com/store/proddetail.cfm?ItemID=12&CategoryID=6
Your donation goes to infant care, vitamins, medical supplies, wells,
bread and fish for the villages.
Donations by check or money order may be sent to:
The Akha Heritage Foundation
PO BOX 6073
Salem OR 97304 USA
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