Pana Wady

Loca­tion:               Kyaik­lat , Irrawaddy Delta area, near Yan­gon, Myanmar

Key dates:             Com­menced March 2009;  Project work still ongoing

Local part­ners:      Man­age­ment Com­mit­tee of orphanage

Project back­ground:  This is an impov­er­ished, but well-run, girls’ orphan­age in a fairly remote part of the Delta region.  The founder of the orphan­age has long had a dream that some of her girls will be able to  develop good voca­tional skills and be able to enjoy inde­pen­dent careers out­side the orphan­age. We have been help­ing her achieve this ambition.

Main activ­i­ties:   The Man­dalay Projects is sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment of a tai­lor­ing work­shop at the orphan­age.  We have helped with the con­struc­tion of a whole­sale “shop front” alongside the work­shop itself and have pro­vided the nec­es­sary machin­ery and fab­rics, plus ongo­ing train­ing of the girls. 

Sta­tus of project: Near­ing com­ple­tion.  The orphan­age work­shop has recently secured a num­ber of con­tracts to pro­vide tai­lor­ing ser­vices to schools in the area.  The exis­tence of this Man­dalay Projects facil­ity has enabled the orphan­age man­age­ment to com­ply with recent gov­ern­ment reg­u­la­tions on voca­tional skills training.