Grassroots Activists in Myanmar on March to Destroy Poppies

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27 February 2016 13:13 WIB

26 Februari 2016 00:00 WIB

Poppy farmers negotiate with a leader of Pat Jasan, a grassroots organization rooting out the destructive influence of drugs, to prevent their poppy fields from being destroyed in Hkam Ju village, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, Jan. 24, 2016. On their marches Pat Jasan activists try to convince poppy farmers to destroy their crops, and sometimes the encounters turn violent. AP/Hkun Lat

26 Februari 2016 00:00 WIB

Members of Pat Jasan, a grassroots organization motivated by their faith to root out the destructive influence of drugs, make camp in Lung Zar village, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, Jan. 23, 2016. With drug abuse on the rise, activists have joined with the Kachin Baptist Convention, the state's most influential civil institution, to create a loose organization called Pat Jasan to stamp out the drug trade in their area. AP/Hkun Lat

26 Februari 2016 00:00 WIB

Women from Pat Jasan, a grassroots organization motivated by their faith to root out the destructive influence of drugs, hike with supplies in Lung Zar village northern Kachin State, Myanmar, Feb. 1, 2016. They achieved a significant reduction, but the decline has stalled in recent years, leaving the country the second-biggest producer after Afghanistan, and forcing the drug-free target date to be pushed back to 2019. AP/Hkun Lat

26 Februari 2016 00:00 WIB

A member of Pat Jasan, a grassroots organization motivated by their faith to root out the destructive influence of drugs, holds poppies as his group slashes and uproots them from a hillside, in Lung Zar village, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, Feb. 3, 2016. A movement in northern Kachin State has mobilized thousands to march through the countryside on a mission to destroy fields of poppy flowers from which opium and its derivative, heroin, are made. AP/Hkun Lat

26 Februari 2016 00:00 WIB

Members of Pat Jasan, an organization motivated by their faith to root out the destructive influence of drugs, destroy poppies on a hill in Lung Zar village, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, Feb. 3, 2016. Opium is a scourge to many of Myanmar's poor communities ravaged by drug addiction. AP/Hkun Lat

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