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Myanmar (formerly Burma) is situated to the East of India between Bangladesh and Thailand.
The author was requested by WorldOutreach International (NZ) to visit a non profit organisation based in the capital of Myanmar, Yangon, which accommodates children of poor families (particularly from the regional districts) and provides them with food and clothing, and sends them to the local school in the mornings, and provides private tutors in the afternoons. All costs of living and education are supplied by the non profit.
The non profit also operates two other facilities to the West and South West of the capital.
The author visited Myanmar during October 2017.
The survey was completed on the physical condition of the boarding houses, the plant and equipment used, and to identify needs or shortfalls in education standards provided to the children.
Yangon: Two houses on one block of land (one of timber and one of brick) which house 70 children (35 boys and 35 girls) in each facility.
The brick building (girls) is only partially built and requires the completion of the third story.
The timber building (boys) is in a derelict state and requires a complete rebuild. The building has a dirt floor and rusty tin roof.
The non profit also operates two other boarding houses in locations outside Yangon.
One with 70 children (50/50 girls boys) on the West Coast, and a relatively new home with 6 children on the South West Coast.
The boarding house construction was finished in 2018.
Nigel Irvine
Global-Build (Australia) Pty Ltd
Myanmar map. The Western and South Western regions are a rice bowl with almost the whole region in flood.
Inside the girls boarding house in Yangon.
General study area, girls dorm, Yangon.
Kitchen sink, girls dorm Yangon.
Kitchen tables, girls dormitory Yangon.
Study area, girls dormitory Yangon.
Sleeping area, girls dorm, Yangon.
Girls living area, Yangon.
Uncompleted third story of the girls dormitory, Yangon.
Third story, girls dorm, Yangon.
Ablution blocks (Rusted roof, boys, blue roof, girls. Yangon.
Timber house (boys) outside wall. Yangon.
Kitchen area, boys dorm, Yangon.
Kitchen area, boys dorm, Yangon.
Kitchen area, boys dorm, Yangon.
Cooking area, boys dorm, Yangon.
Cooking area, boys dorm, Yangon.
Water pump, boys dorm, Yangon.
Ground floor, boys dorm, Yangon. Bricks are placed so as the boys can walk above the mud.
Stairwell, boys dorm, Yangon.
Sleeping quarters, boys dorm, Yangon.
Outside ablution block, girls. Yangon.
Toilet facility, girls. Yangon.
Septic system, Yangon.
Rear of boys dorm, Yangon.
Side of girls dorm, Yangon.
Front of boys dorm, Yangon.
Quail eggs collected and sold to local restaurant.
Quails.
Quail sheds, boarding house, South West Myanmar.
The author, Ps No Pum (right) and boarding house supervisor.
Boarding house parents.
Inside boarding house South West.
Boarding house South West Myanmar.
Boarding house South West Myanmar.
Boarding house parents - South West facility.
Boarding house West Coast Myanmar.
Inside boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Electrical wiring, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Kitchen, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Kitchen, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Kitchen, cooking facility, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Cooking facility, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Pedal sewing machine, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
Outside view of building, boarding house West Coast, Myanmar.
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