Thursday 4 July 2024

Food donations to children in two monasteries - an update from Dr Hla Tun

I would like to update you about food donation to kids in AungChanThar(ACT) and AungZayYarMin(AZYM) Monastery.
4 sacks of rice were donated to ACT Monastery, 3 sacks of rice and cooking oil 10 viss to AZYM Monastery.
There are 469 students in ACT and 1512 students in AZYM and kids can attend from KG to Grade 8 as a Monastic Middle School.
However, the abbot of AZYM has founded a High School in his Monastery and students can attend from Grade 9-12 in the AZYM. There are about 432 students from Grade 9-12.
Therefore, total number of students in the AZYM is more than 1900 students.
Since 2021, parents of students have registered more in the Monastic schools.
In ACT Monastery, the abbot has to feed rice and soup to about 40 kids at lunch during the school day because they have not taken lunch boxes. In AZYM Monastery, the abbot feeds about 220 kids (novices, nuns and ordinary children) daily.