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Thank you for enabling those who are working hard to make ends meet

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 Your generous support has allowed Friends of Burma to provide funding to our local leaders who work with different groups, helping them generate some income.  Some groups are women only but some have both men and women.  They used the seed money in various ways:(1) acquiring new skills such as sewing and then work either independently or together with other women as a group (2) gardening and selling the produce for income (3) raising chicken (4) starting a small shop for snacks and some everyday food items such as eggs and others (5) preparing some traditional food from scratch and selling them to neighbors and those who pass by (6) opening a small salon for manicure and pedicure.  They are working hard to meet the need of their families.  Life is not easy for them but they are doing their best. Women learning to sew (left) and a beautiful bag made by the women(right)   Selling the garden produce(left) and raising chicken (right) Selling snacks, eggs, and ...
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Enabling women earn income through sewing

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Your generous support has allowed Friends of Burma to provide funding to a small town women group, to earn income through sewing beautiful traditional clothes.  They not only get some income, but also were able to provide a partial tuition scholarship for a theological student. Beautiful traditional women clothes made by the women
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Empowering women who flee from conflict area

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 Your generous support has allowed FOB to provide grant money to our local leader who is helping women from a conflict area.   After fleeing from their native place, they are staying in a village far from their hometown.  Since they could not bring anything apart from what they could carry, they were facing many challenges in a new place. When she noticed the materials brought by some refugee women, she was able to help them earn an income.  She selected both young and older women who are willing to work and are interested in weaving.  Her organization built a little baboo tent and appointed a field staff as a coordinator for the weaving group.    She visits them twice a month with threads for weaving and some food. Sometimes she invited women leaders to speak on personal hygiene, marketing design, small business skills and some inspiring talks on their vision for the future.  Currently, our local leader is trying to find ways to sell their w...
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Recent earthquake in Myanmar(Burma)

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  A recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake has caused a devastating effect in central Myanmar, including Mandalay, Sagaing and other cities.  There are reports that the majority of the buildings in Mandalay were damaged or collapsed due to the earthquake. People were also afraid to go back to their homes due to the aftershock effects.  With the temperature of approximately 100F during day time, people in the affected areas are in need of clean water, food and shelter during this time.  Because of the generous donors, Friends of Burma was able to send some help through the local organizations.  Please consider helping in the effort to help people who are in need.  
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Helping orphan children

  One of the ministries of Friends of Burma is helping children and young students in childcare centers to acquire life skills.  We cannot do it without your help and support. One of the facilities sent them to the vocational training programs, such as (1) Computer training (2)Language(English, Japan) (3) Pre School Teacher's training (4) Nurse Aid/Health Care training (5) Violin for the young children (6) Training for Office works and how to take care of the young children at home.
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Earthquake in Burma (Myanmar)

Friends of Burma, Inc. is collecting money to help the people of Burma (Myanmar) who have suffered from the recent earthquake. Friends of Burma is delivering food, medicine, empathy and emotional support to the victims regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or tribe. Friends of Burma, a 501(C)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 1985. It is staffed here with volunteers and has one Burmese staff in Myanmar who works with various organizations some of which go back to 1813. Our website is: friendsofburma.org. Our principal programs are: Humanitarian relief, orphans, two hospitals, education and entrepreneurship (MicroCredit). Our overhead is less than 2% of income! All donations are tax deductable. Our U.S. address is: Friends of Burma, Inc., 548 Home Ave., Fort Wayne, IN 46807-1606. E-mail: president@friendsofburma.org Aid will be distributed though local organizations there that we have known for years. Donate here .
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Thank you for supporting our child care center students

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Our local leaders from Burma would like to give their sincere thanks to Friends of Burma supporters.  One of our leaders wrote, “ I would like to give my sincere thanks to FOB for helping and supporting us in many ways. The support of the FOB is very necessary and benefits for our ministry. As our country is facing with many difficulties, your supports are benefit for our ministry. I would like to mention our appreciation to  the love and kindness of all donors. We believe that you will have peace and joyfulness through your love and kindness. We pray for you all. ”  Medical check up for students from a childcare center
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