On 11th December 2013, a visit was made to three orphanages to make donations of Teachers' salary, Stationery, Toys, First Aid Medicine and Clothing. The three orphanages were Doe Pin, ThuKhaMyittar and ShweSinMin Orphanages.
ThuKhaMyittar Orphanage
ThuKhaMyittar Orphanage was founded about four years ago by a retired headmaster. It is situated in Pyin Sar Village which is on the way from Mandalay to MayMyo. It is about 28 to 30 miles away from Mandalay and it is very close to YaTaNarPon Teleport/Silicon Valley.
ThuKhaMyittar Orphanage accepts orphans and single parent children up to 8 years old. There are currently about 80 children there. The children attend school during the day so they were not at the orphanage when the donation of toys, first aid medicine, stationery and snacks was made to the founder.
Doe Pin Orphanage
Doe Pin accepts orphans and single parent children. It is situated on the road from Mandalay to MayMyo about 34 miles from Mandalay. There are currently 1,467 children attending. There is a Monastic Post Primary School in the Monastery compound recognised by the Government, allowing children from the orphanage to attend school from Grade 1 to Grade 8 in the Monastery Compound.
The donation was made to the Founder and Head Monk of Doe Pin, watched by some of the children. During the day, older children leave the monastery to attend high school.
ShweSinMin Nunnery/Orphanage
ShweSinMin Nunnery/Orphanage accepts only girls and there are currently 494 orphans and single parent children here. The Orphanage was founded by 2 nun sisters in MayMyo about 14 years ago. RTM Social Contribution makes an annual donation of Teachers’ salary, stationery, first aid medicine, food and clothing to the head nun.
In the nunnery compound, there is also a Monastic Post Primary School allowing children to attend from Grade 1 to 8.
There are a number of posts in this Blog on education support in Myanmar provided by the RTM Social Contribution with help from donors around the world. You can find them all here.
