Reports from Monastic School Visits
We are excited to share an update from our local team's recent visit to monastic schools, where they not only provided essential support but also witnessed the incredible impact of our generous donors. To prioritize safety, we have omitted specific names and locations of the schools. The team was deeply moved by their experience and recognized that there is still an ongoing need for assistance. We believe that education is vital, and these monastic schools play a crucial role in delivering classes and imparting knowledge to students of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. With this in mind, we invite you to join us in making a difference! Your contribution, regardless of its size, can have a profound effect on the lives of these dedicated students. Together, we can empower these monastic schools to continue their mission of education and teaching.Your support can help provide educational materials, improve infrastructure, and enhance the overall learning experience. We deeply appreciate your consideration and encourage you to join us in supporting these monastic schools. Together, let us unite in making a positive impact on these deserving students.
1) — School
There are around 200 students mostly including young novices and it is running with 10 teachers from the village. Most of the students come from the civil war region such as Shan, Sagaing and Magway Region. The students are from the villages around the school such as —-. As the school is located at the bottom of the mountains and remote from the city, our team has also witnessed the hardship of the novices and students residing there with the drinking water and household water supply. According to the responsible head monk of this monastic school, he requested the students who have newly come due to the armed encounters in their native villages, to be ordained as novices so that they can go alms-round for food. However, he said that the nearby villages around the monastery are also remote and the villagers are poor farmers whose farmlands and fields are rocky and whose agricultural businesses are also not good enough to support this highly increased number of novices as the areas are at the feet of the Shan Mountains. He mentioned that about 2 sacks of rice are consumed every month for this population of the novices and students. In the previous months, his childhood master in the town center had been supporting his monastery with rice. We gladly contributed 10 sacks of rice to this monastic school and stationeries as well. He expressed his gratitude to us that foreign donors have given him a hope again for his novices as this moment is too hard for the local donors.
2) —- School
The school is in a mountainous region and students are from near a village. As the school is far away from the city, the donor is rare to come and donate. That is why, principal has to run a self-funded free education program for over 286 students and 14 teachers. Therefore, we supported this monastery where there are also a number of boarding students, with 5 sacks of rice and stationeries for their education program.
3) —- Kone Monastic School
The school is running with 472 students and 9 teachers. Most of the students are from low-income families and the school principal supports books and some stationary for the students with his own fund. The school is mainly needed for the school stationeries for the student learning process. We mainly supported this site with the stationeries.