In September 2013, Moegyo donated 36 dozens exercise books and $500 worth of medicine to internally displaced people (IDP) in Kachin State in collaboration with Peti Foundation that organized to reach 38,452 people from 9,000 families in 102 IDP camps located in Myitkyina, Bhamo, Hpakant, Putao, and Mansi.
Please click on the photos below to see the photo albums posted by Peti Foundation.
On the summer Saturday, August 3rd 2013, Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation held the 4th Annual Lawn Concert in Herndon, Virginia, to raise funds to support 5 orphanages and Moegyo 1 Primary School in Northern Shan State.
The guests enjoyed a dinner buffet with authentic Burmese Cuisines, complete with traditional desserts and drinks. This year lawn concert featured cultural dances & performances of Myanmar by Mya Thida Dance Troupe (Myanmar Cultural Association of Brampton, Ontario, Canada) accompanied by Myanmar's famous singers: "May Sweet" & "Mie Mie Win Pe". There were also sales of donated unique gifts and accessories from Myanmar and goods from local vendors. The event was made possible with the help of supporters and volunteers who turned out to give a hand to those children in need in Myanmar.
Sunday, June 9th, 2013
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
Long Island City
Aviation High School
45-30 36th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Corner of Queens Blvd and 35th Street
Event entrance is on 35th Street
By Train: 7 train to 33rd St / Rawson St Station on Queens Blvd.
By Car: 35th Street between Queens Blvd (East Bound) and 47th Avenue
See the 6th Annual Moegyo Burmese Food Fair Menu.
See the photos of 5th Annual Burmese food fair from last year.
At the end of December 2012, Moegyo team made assessment trips to the following nunneries in Thanlyin and Kyautan township in Yangon division to determine their needs and made donations where it's needed most.
1. Kaythara Waddy Nunnery
2. Thamaindawdara Tayzarthit Nunnery
3. Santhidar Nunnery
4. Zayar Theiddi Nunnery
5. Chanaye Tharyar Nunnery
Please see more photos from the trip.
Kaytharawaddy Nunnery Education
The nunnery is located in Thanlyin and run by the Nuns, Daw Kaytharri and Daw Kondamarlar. There are 180 children in the nunnery; 160 young nuns, 15 girls and 5 boys. Boys are accepted at the nunnery with the exception that only if they are the siblings of the girls who are already accepted. Most of the children in this nunnery are from Myanmar Borders, hill side and the orphans from nearby town and villages. Daily nutrition for these 180 children usually comes from donations and
offerings of food and money from the people around Yangon and vicinity .
The aspirations of this nunnery are:
- to provide education to the ethnic girls from remote regions where education is far reach
- to teach Buddhism to the girls
- to offer free education to poverty stricken children
- to help cultivate children to have strong will to be educated
- to help fulfill those outstanding students’ goals in life to become well-educated and out of poverty
This nunnery operates a secondary school that offers free education up to 8th grade. The school also provides free text books to those students who can’t afford to buy their own. After 8th grade, the students are transferred to a local High School in Thanlyin. When they start attending high school, nun students typically leave nun-hood to attend the local schools. There are 392 students whom have been supported to continue high school education by this nunnery so far.
The living quarters of the nunnery is quite small to accommodate the increasing numbers of new students. The nuns currently have to share their living space tightly with the students. In some cases, three children have to share a twin bed. The nuns are in process of building a two story building with limited budget and seeking more donation. The new building can offer proper sleeping quarters for the students and the existing sleeping quarters can be used as larger sized classrooms for the students. However, the new school building project is going slow since there is no sizable donation for the building funds and cost for the constructions so far is rising. The nuns are struggling to support the students with all they have and all they can and donation is much needed to complete the construction for these students. Moegyo team donated 50,000 kyats towards the new building funds.
Thameindawdara Tayzarthit Nunnery
Situated in Thanlyin, it was founded in 2006 and run by a nun, Daw Kaythayi. Due to the size of the small classroom, it can accommodate about 35 children at the most. However, the student population is growing and no appropriate space to accommodate the growing population of the student bodies, this nunnery is looking forward to expand as well. Moegyo team donated 30,000 kyats.
Wirathi Tawra "Santhidar" Nunnery
Located in Kyautan, the nunnery is run by the head nun named Daw Khaymar Thi. There are 148 students in the school. The classrooms are needed to be fixed before the coming rainy season since all the thatched roofs and walls may not withstand the rain and wind. The nunnery is currently collecting donation for a new classroom building. Friends of the Moegyo volunteers offered lunch to the young nuns and students at this school. Moegyo team donated 100,000 kyats towards the new building.
2012 was yet again filled with exciting stories to share. As we end the year, the Moegyo Team would like to take this opportunity to thank, on behalf of the orphans and vulnerable childrens in Myanmar (Burma), to all donors for their generosity and to all contributors, supporters and volunteers for their dedication and commitment. A special note also to thank the Moegyo volunteers in Myanmar to coordinate and execute projects and programs successfully in difficult-to-reach places and that the fund provided is spent effectively.
During the summer of 2012, the Moegyo Team organized two successful fundraising activities to support five orphanages and Moegyo (1) Basic Primary School in Myanmar.
1. 5th Annual Moegyo Food Fair in New York
2. 3rd Annual Moegyo Lawn Concert in Virginia
The milestone success story for the Moegyo Team in 2012 is the completion of Water Project. With the donations received, the Moegyo Team was able to complete the project in Panthapyay Palaung village, Northern Shan State. After Moegyo (1) Basic Primary School was completed in 2011, we have come to realize that clean water is required at the school and for the village for sanitation and health related reasons. The area was surveyed and located the water source from natural spring which is one and half miles away from the village. A dedicated Moegyo volunteer coordinated the project and teamed up with the villagers/volunteers to complete the project. Because of the running water available, the villagers, especially the children, were the least effected by the outbreak of Cholera in the summer of 2012. Read more here.
Aftermath of the Hurricane Sandy, the Moegyo volunteers provided assistance in recovery and clean-up effort at the Midland area in Staten Island, New York, where it hit the hardest. The foundation also sent donation to the American Red Cross for disaster relief fund for Hurricane Sandy.
During 2012, the Moegyo Team made field trips to all 5 orphanages that we have been supporting continually with your donations since the end of 2008. The team donated school supplies, clothing, sewing machines and supplies during the visit. The team also met with the students who we provided scholarships and discussed their future endeavors. Read more here.
Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation also sent donation to help earthquake victims from towns and villages near Showbo, Myanmar through Myanmar Social Development Network in Yangon, Myanmar. The magnitude of 6.8 hit near Showbo and Mandalay on 11 November 2012. As a result of the earthquake, significant damage of buildings, bridges and some casualties were reported. Read more here.
Again, this would not have been possible without your generosity, continued support and dedication. Yet, many more children still need your care, love and support. We believe we can do a lot more in coming years, with you, from helping natural disaster relief efforts to improving the life of a child. Together, we can make a difference!
Thank you.
The Moegyo Team
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Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation (MHF) is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is registered in the State of New York in the United States of America. (TAX ID: 26-2639437)
In 2012, Moegyo team made visits to the following orphanages and schools that we are giving on-going support with your contributions since the end of 2008.
Mya Theingi Nunnery
Pyinnyar Waddy Nunnery
Kani Orphanage
Pay Gyaung Orphanage
Mingalar Orphanage
January 2012, Mya Theingi Nunnery, Mingalardon, Yangon
Moegyo team visited Mya Theingi Nunnery in Mingalardon Township in Yangon, learned the conditions of the children and progress of the nunnery and donated 105,000 Kyats on top of the monthly support. Please see the photos here.
December 2012, Pyinnyar Waddy Nunnery, Kyite Latt, Ayeyarwaddy
Moegyo team visited Pyinnyar Waddy Nunnery in Kyite Latt. We learned that the living condition of the girls was improved by the new buildings and the girls were making good progress in school. Two of the girls are going to college and one is in the last year of high school. Four older girls are earning money from sewing business that help support them with tuition fees. On top of the monthly donation, we donated 60 dozen exercise books, pens, pencils and snacks for the girls. We also donated an automatic pattern making machine and sewing supplies to enhance their self sustaining sewing business. Please see the photos here.
December 2012, Pay Gyaung Parahita, Pay Gyaung village, Kyite Latt, Ayeyarwaddy
Moegyo team took a two-hour boat ride from Kyite Latt to visit the "Zawtika" school in Pay Gyaung village since no road goes to this place. We saw that the children were having brunch with only one soupy dish made of bean and vegetable. Since this place is hard to reach, only a few donors come by in a year and that they typically have only two meals a day. Our monthly donation alone could only go as far as providing them with rice and beans. On top of the monthly donation, we donated 30 dozen exercise books, pens and snacks for the children. We also arranged to send them one more pair of clothing since we learned that they have only one pair. Please see the photos here.
December 2012, Mya Theingi Nunnery, Mingalardon, Yangon
Moegyo team visited Mya Theingi Nunnery in the outskirts of Yangon, saw that more students enrolled as the condition of the classrooms improved and more teachers were made available. On top of the monthly donation, we donated 60 dozen exercise books for the children. Please see the photos here.
December 2012, Kani Parahita, Kani village, Pyapon, Ayeyarwaddy
Moegyo team took a bumpy ride on some flood damaged roads to visit Kani Parahita in Pyapon in December 2012. On the way, we saw heavy rain damaged paddy fields and overflowed fish farms. We reached the orphanage by lunch time and saw the children about to have lunch. After lunch time, we were delighted to meet all the college students that we've been supporting with scholarships. When we saw 3 rows of college students, 1st to 3rd year, we realized then that the years fly by so fast. We've been supporting them for four years since their last year of high school and the ones in the first row are to be in their final year of college. They went on to show us around in the compound of a building being constructed by German donors, a newly built building stocked with a computer room also by the same donors, and nearby high school that needs new building due to flood and heavy rain damage. We then donated monthly donations, scholarship money for last year high school students and college students and 60 dozen exercise books for all the students. Please see the photos here.
December 2012, Mingalar Orphanage, Phayagyi village, Twentay Township
Moegyo team visited Mingalar orphanage and saw the condition of the school and the children and donated 30 dozen exercise books on top of the monthly donations. Please see the photos here.
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We want to thank our donors
for continued support and opportunity for us to help shape
the lives of those children for the better. We also want to thank those who are in the field taking part in this
great cause. There are many children who need our support and
care. Together, we can make a difference in many young lives.
The Moegyo team sent donation to assist and to help Shwebo earthquake victims through Myanmar Social Development Network in Yangon, Myanmar.
The magnitude of 6.8 earthquake hit near the northeast of Shwebo, Myanmar on 11 November 2012. Damage was reported from Shwebo, Mogok and Mandalay. From the local Myanmar news agencies, many buildings, including monasteries, pagodas, a hospital, and a school collapsed in neighbouring towns and villages from Shwebo. The Radana Thinga Bridge, which was still under construction, fell into the Irrawaddy River, and several workers went missing.
The Myanmar Social Development Network launched the relief effort to provide basic needs to the the families from effected area in Shwebo area. Their team also coordinated with other local teams to provide necessary assistance to the earthquake victims in other effected locations near Mandalay.
Saturday, August 4th 2012 was a happy day. On that summer day, Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation held the 3rd Annual Lawn Concert in Herndon, Virginia, to raise funds to support 5 orphanages and Moegyo 1 Primary School in Shan State.
There was live music by a local band and the guests enjoyed a dinner buffet complete with many authentic Burmese Cuisines, desserts and drinks. Local vendors displayed their goods for sale, and a silent auction featuring unique gifts and accessories. The event was possible with the help of supporters and volunteers who turned out to give a hand to those children in need in Myanmar. 100% proceeds from the event went towards the orphans in Myanmar.
Panthapyay village has population of over 500 people in 98 households with about 200 children. Moegyo (1) Primary School opened with a permanent building consisting of 3 classrooms, a teachers living quarter, toilets and a bathroom, a concrete rain water storage tank and a generator in June 2011 school year. Attendance at the school opening was about 160 students from Panthapyay village and neighboring villages. The school is run and maintained by a headmaster, four teachers and a staff member.
Clean water is necessary for health and sanitary reasons for the school and the village since water is typically obtained from far reached area at the foot of the mountain. Moegyo volunteers surveyed the area for possible water source and planned out the water project in November 2011. A natural spring water source is located at about one and a half miles away at the East of Panthapyay village. It was determined that running pipelines from the water source would be beneficial for the health and development of the school and the whole village. Fortunately, we found an individual donor for the cost of the water project. with the donated money from a Burmese family in Connecticut, Moegyo volunteers provided logistics and know-how to execute the water project and were able to provide constantly running clean water to the whole village on March 24, 2012. The school is now, has excess to running fresh water, the villagers now don't have to go miles away down to the foot of the mountain to fetch water. The water is right at the gate of their village, now they not only can wash themselves as many times as the want and their overall hygienic condition has improved tremendously.
In June 2012, Moegyo volunteers witnessed that the impact of the water project was immense; resulting in the prevention of a highly contagious disease (cholera) spreading to the village. An outbreak of Cholera in a Palaung village name "Phan Woe Laing", 10 miles Northeast of Phanthapyay where Moegyo (1) Primary school is located. The death toll from Cholera in the Pan Woe Laing village was over a hundred including the abbot of the monastery. The disease spread to nearby villages with many death, Phan Tha Pyay village was the least effected due mainly to the access of fresh water in the village, and thanks to Moegyo and the donor of funds for the project. Imagine if the disease spread to the village where the school is located, how it would effect the children attending the school. The news of the outbreak of cholera was heard in Yangon and it was in the newspaper, a medical team of nurses and doctors were sent to this region, and Moegyo primary school was used for the medical team to station. It was convenient for them because the school is equipped with bathroom and clean toilet facility. Before the arrival of the medical team, a hospital in the Shan village of Mongyaw 10 miles away was full of sick people, some of them had to be transported to the Provincial town of Lashio where there is a big hospital, some of them died on the way before reaching Lashio. The disease was brought under control by the end of July 2012. As volunteers of Moegyo, we all take pride in what we are doing in the Palaung village educating the children and helping to improve the villagers' health.
Please see the photos here.
Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
at NEW location!!
Long Island City
Aviation High School
45-30 36th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Event entrance is on 35th Street
Corner of Queens Blvd and 35th Street
By Train: 7 train to 33rd St / Rawson St Station on Queens Blvd.
By Car: 35th Street between Queens Blvd (East Bound) and 47th Avenue
Please Click here to see Moegyo 5th Annual Burmese Food Fair Menu.
Click here to see the video of 4th Annual Burmese Food Fair last year.
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