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Grandmother Khamsone, “The spirits don’t want to be here”
		Over 6,000 people have been resettled to make way for a controversial dam in central Laos: The Nam Theun 2 Dam, the country’s single largest infrastructure project, will produce electricity for Thailand, and domestically. full testimony
Kamesa Usop, "We lost everything"
		When Kamesa Usop fled her home in August 2008, little did she know she would still be displaced 14 months later. Today, the 50-year-old is one of 1,500 residents of the Notre Dame Dulawan evacuation centre in Datu Piang, in conflict-affected Mindanao. full testimony
Daw Aye Kwe, "I have been fishing since I was seven"
		After spending most of her life fishing in the Andaman Sea off the Delta's southern coast, Daw Aye Kwe, 60, a fisherwoman, has been forced to hang up her nets and return to her village of Kone Tan Pauk. Cyclone Nargis destroyed her boat and killed some of her relatives, and she now lives in a temporary shelter. full testimony
Anargul, "Self-immolation is the worst"
		Attempts to set oneself on fire (self-immolation) are an extreme reaction often practiced by desperate women who lack access to justice and protection. Anargul, 25, set herself ablaze in Herat Province, western Afghanistan, in a bid to end her misery, and ended up with burns to her chest, belly, neck, hands and face. full testimony
Hla Hla Aung, "We're not ready to afford food ourselves"
		Hla Hla Aung, a 35-year-old mother-of-six and resident of Mhawbi village outside Pyapon town in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta, explains the challenges she faces one year after Cyclone Nargis struck, leaving close to 140,000 people dead and 2.4 million affected. full testimony
Futiya, "Hope keeps me here”
		Like other Rohingyas, Futiya, 26, has many questions over the plight of his people and their future. The Muslim residents from the northern Rakhine state are an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority and de jure stateless, according to the laws of Myanmar. full testimony

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