Kin Ywa School

Loca­tion:               Shwe Pyi Aye Quar­ter, Mawlamyine, Myanmar

Key dates:             Com­menced March 2005; Com­pleted March 2006

Local part­ners:      Kin Ywa Orphan­age and Monas­tic Edu­ca­tion School

Project back­ground: This school/orphanage is located in a very poor area of Mawlamyine and was oper­at­ing on the barest of resources. None of the chil­dren had under­gone any form of health check and water-borne dis­ease was rife.  Thanks to exist­ing sup­port from another NGO, the school had begun the process of upgrad­ing its facil­i­ties.  We decided to add our weight to this effort, by focus­ing on the devel­op­ment of those facil­i­ties which would be of great­est strate­gic ben­e­fit to the health of the orphans who lived on-site.  

Main activ­i­ties:  After con­sul­ta­tion with the man­age­ment of the orphan­age, we arranged the con­struc­tion and stock­ing of a Med­ical Clinic and set up a fund to ensure vis­its by local nurses for at least two years.  We then con­tributed to the con­struc­tion of a new dorm, kitchen & din­ing area, as the exist­ing facil­i­ties were dilap­i­dated and unhygienic.  

Sta­tus of project: Com­pleted March 2006.  Our Med­ical Clinic has been a great suc­cess — every res­i­dent orphan, plus every one of the 700+ chil­dren at the school has (for the first time) under­gone proper med­ical exam­i­na­tion.  Dis­eases have been diag­nosed and treated and the health of the chil­dren is on an improv­ing trend.  Our kitchen/dining block has markedly improved the hygiene and san­i­ta­tion of the orphanage.

The images below show the state of the orphan­age kitchen, prior to our involve­ment, then the new dorm & kitchen block, co-funded by The Man­dalay Projects, and finally a TMP-sponsored nurse at work in our clinic in the school.