Rotarians Helping Schools in Burma

The Zaytawun School, in the Bagan area, which is the historical heartland of Myanmar (Burma), has only a few thousand people and the children are very poor.  Donations from our District 7170 clubs and individual Rotarians pay for the school supplies, as well as many of the needs of the local clinic, which serves the rural people in an area of several hundred square miles.

 

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This wonderful photo shows some of the best students at the Burma School.
We had 46 kids in grades 1-4 in 2006, and now we have 424 kids in grades
1-10.  Each student is taught English every day (Burma is a former British
colony), along with their own language and spelling, math, science, and
their own history and culture.

Financial assistance is always needed. "The Burma School Project",
coordinated by Nimmonsburg Rotary club president Bob Aagre, is seeking
support (to buy locally in Burma) another 6,000 to 8,000 lesson booklets for
the coming school year.  (RobertAagre@cs.com), 607-217-4122, Nimmonsburg
Rotary-P.O. Box 75, Chenango Bridge, NY  13745.

In addition, if you know of any tourists flying to Burma for a holiday
vacation, Bob will pay the fee for the person to check a 2nd checked bag
(approximately $70). Each tourist will simply check the bag here locally
with their other luggage and an associate of the Burma School will meet them
in Yangon (Rangoon) and collect the bag and put it on the bus to Bagan,
9 hours away. Each checked bag holds the same volume as nearly 5 postal
service flat rate boxes, which now cost over $80 each to mail. Bob will
personally deliver the bag(s) to you, anywhere in our District. The contents
and even the bag, itself, will be provided by the Burma School Project and
open for your review.  All of the items will either be over the counter
medicines from Sam's Club, folic acid supplements from Puritan's Pride (to
prevent birth defects), or reading glasses bought at a very, very special
price at Boscov's. A lot of bags are waiting for take-off, because postal
rates have become prohibitive, except for emergency needs.

Rotarians have helped move this portion of Burma forward in the past few
years.  It needs to continue.