To give shelter and support necessary needs for Burmese orphans after Nargis cyclone in Burma (May 3rd 2008)operated under the guidance of Dr. Ashin Dhammapiya and Buddhist monks and their followers
“Child Aid Foundation – Myanmar” released updated list of children and donors as of May 19th, 2009
MoeMaKa Reporter 002
May 19, 2009
“Child Aid Foundation – Myanmar”, a charity aid group supporting basic and educational need to orphans left by Nargis Storm in the Delta of May 2008 had recently updated list of children and donors, totaling of 560 parentless children. It was now requesting annual donation and pledge from all the donors for each designated children for the year 2009.
The foundation has started its operation since May 2008 when Nargis storm hit Delta which left almost 2 millions Burmese homeless. It raised funds and did aid work providing shelters, foods, medical and social care with the guidance of Burmese Buddhist monks from various monasteries local and abroad namely, Ngar Gyan Pyan Monastery, Rangoon, Metta Nanda Viraha Monastery, California, USA and U Kusala Monastery, London, UK. It managed to raised fund and charity from Burmese and non-Burmese from international community. Later it focused on supporting orphans from Nargis disaster and managed to aid basic necessity needs to 560 children so far. It provided monthly financial support of US$ 10.00 for each child to care-taker immediate family, friends or sheltering monasteries. The donors chose any child from the list as their recipient of their donation per month or per year basic.
Back in April 2009, the foundation had extended their charity by establishing Charity School of basic education for not only Nargis-Orphans but also other children suffering under social and other circumstances. It named the school as “Metta Nanda – Charity School for Children” and it shall be managed under the joint guidance of the Sayadaws from Phaung Taw Oo Monastery which had long standing experience of running orphanage and charity schools in Manadalay and Sayadaws from Child Aid Foundation.
It was learnt that the foundation would be holding a annul fund raising food fair for building of their new school in coming month June in New Ark, California, USA, inviting all the donors abroad.
You can find the complete list of 560 Children and their respective donors from here - http://childaidmyanmar.org/images/CAFas102908.pdf
On the 2nd and 3rd of May 2008, Cyclone Nargis ravaged through Irrawaddy Delta region and Yangon Province, leaving behind many orphans who lost their parents during this catastrophe. Our foundation’s main goal is to help the unfortunate children who were affected by Cyclone Nargis alleviate the financial and psychological problems of them and create their better future. We would like to inform that anyone who is interested in helping these kids in order to return to their normal lives. However, there are three types of support:
1) Legal adoption like a biological son or daughter
2) Sponsoring a kid in order to provide his/her education and accommodation for
his/her better future like a niece or a nephew.
3) Fund-raising through a non-government organization with dedicated funding for the child’s educational, food or lodging (depending on the amount of money received, the time span of the support towards kids will be varied from 3 to 5 years or until they graduate)
Our foundation, “Child Aid Foundation”, will be focusing on the third one. Therefore, we highly suggest $10.00 per month for each kid throughout a whole year which sums up $120.00 by the end of the year. According to this plan, a donor can choose to donate $10.00 per month or give a generous gift of $120.00 that will help a kid for one whole year. However, any donor who doesn’t wish to commit to a one year gift can still donate as much as he/she wants. For anyone who donates one year gift to help Cyclone Nargis affected kids, our foundation will send out the individual kid’s photo and personal profile.
On the other hand, for donors who want to choose support type 1 and 2, “Child Aid Foundation” will help arrange a meeting for them to meet with the kids. We do also help with shipping clothes and food for the kids who were affected by Cyclone Nargis. In the case of adopting a child, we would like to inform that it is the donors’ responsibility to finish any necessary legal paperwork from both countries to legally adopt a kid.
“Child Aid Foundation” appreciates and highly acknowledges your benevolence and kindness towards the kids in improving their lives and creating a better future for them, and as a non-profit foundation, we will also do our best to keep helping them as much as we can.
