New elephant landmine victim arrives at FAE Elephant Hospital

by Windy BormanAug 4, 2010Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director0 comments

Maekapae arrives at FAE after stepping on a landmine in Myanmar last week.

August 4, 2010– I just received the following email from Soraida Salwala, the founder of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital and featured in the documentary The Eyes of Thailand:

ANOTHER VICTIM OF LANDMINE HAS JUST ARRIVED AT FAE

Maekapae, 22 years old female, has been injured by landmine in Myanmar since last week. She arrived at FAE at 5.30 p.m. today. Left hind leg is severely injured, the food pad is shredded but the nails are left dangling. The wound is infected.

Photos will be on my twitter.

Soraida

Maekapae is now the third elephant landmine victim staying at FAE, joining Motala and Baby Mosha who have each healed enough to receive prosthetic legs from the Prostheses Foundation.

Please join us in sending our hope and support to Soraida and her staff at FAE. We’ll post more updates as we can.

-Windy Borman

Director & Producer, The Eyes of Thailand

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Windy Borman is a documentary filmmaker, Narrative Architect, and founder of WB Consulting LLC. After 25+ years on both sides of the camera and the stage — producing films that premiered at Sundance and HBO, interviewing Sir Richard Branson and Governor Gavin Newsom, and directing Ashley Judd's voiceover work — she created the B.R.A.V.E. Framework™: the narrative architecture system that gets the real version of female and non-binary executives from the Green Room to the mic. She works with executives and leaders who are done being the best-kept secret in their industry.