The Abbot of the Min Ga Lar Pa Ra Hi Ta Monastery in Pagoda Hill Village, Twan-Taye Township, accepts about 700 girls and 460 boys who are orphans, single parent children or very poor. The Monastery provides accommodation, food, school attendance and teaches handicrafts to offer a future career. The Monastery is around 30 miles south of Yangon and, if the traffic is quiet, the journey from Yangon takes around 75 minutes.
Five volunteer teachers, the Abbot and the visitors.
Orient Express operate The Governor's Residence Hotel in Yangon, often referred to simply as 'TGR'. On 13th July 2013 Doctor Hla Tun, together with staff from The Governor's Residence visited the Monastery to make donations of old linen, uniforms, gloves and stockings from the Hotel, plus stationery and soap.
Linen, old uniforms, stationery and soap donated to the Monastery.
There is a Government-recognised Middle School within the Monastery Compound which accepts children up to Grade 9. Beyond this, students have to attend the Government High School in the Village. Between 25 and 30 students from the Monastery Graduated and around 15 of these now work as Volunteer teachers in the Monastery. In addition, about 20 Monks work as Guardians in the Monastery.
Girls in front of their hostel. The building in the background is used as a dining room but it is not large enough to take all 1,160 children at one time so Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner are each divided into two sittings.
Boys in their hostel building. Note the blue mosquito nets on the wall.
Inside view of hostel building.
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Min Ga Lar Pa Ra Hi Ta Monastery.
The Governor's Residence Hotel.
