Pre-Construction Meeting with the Yan Nway Community
Building schools in the remote and poor villages in Myanmar has always been Studer Trust's core mandate. The Studer Trust local staff conducted several visits in those areas to identify the schools that needed help with their school buildings. Education levels in the Naga Self-Administered Zone still lag far behind most other parts of Myanmar even though local residents said that education in there had improved significantly in recent years, particularly since economic and po
A Miracle at Wan Ngean School
I’ve set up a monastic school a few years ago and to be honest, I knew nothing about Studer Trust, even the name, needless to mention their projects. To confess, I don’t have much knowledge about monastic school systems either. I found it solely because of the local’s needs and I felt that I was obliged to help. It was last year, when I came to get to know more about Studer Trust via U Wimala, an abbot of Tar Pha’ and Wunn Khall school. He told me that Studer Trust has been h
Our Scholarship Mya Mya Thin
Mya Mya Thin is one out of 47 Studer Trust scholarship winners in Myanmar. She was born in a poor family in the tropical zone, Magway region. The family has a small farm and grows sesame and a varieties of peas and beans. Because of inadequate and insufficient rainfall every year, the crops have been badly affected and the families and farmers in that region have often lost their crops and struggle to find the necessary to fund their basic needs. One summer holiday in 2015, t
Studer Trust’s 6th Abbots Meeting
On September 8, 2019, 27 abbots, 52 teachers, and various other community members attended Studer Trust’s 6th Abbots Meeting at Kyauk Sayit Kone Monastic School near Nay Pyi Taw, the capitol of Myanmar. Every year, the leaders from Studer Trust’s monastic school partners come together for this one-day event to learn more about the good work of and the opportunities available to them through Studer Trust. They also have the opportunity to discuss any challenges they face and
Pre-Construction Meeting with Pa Thaung Community
On July 25, 2019, the Studer Trust team, consisted of Cho Cho and Le Le, head of mason and carpenter, met with the Pa Thaung school committee including the chief administrative officer of the Pa Thaung village members and Pa Thaung communities to discuss about a school building construction plan. Around 47 people participated and most of them took a great interest in planning and implementing a new project. Both Studer Trust and the participants from Pa Thaung village discuss
