Over the last couple of months, the staff from Kinnected Myanmar have been busy assisting the Department of Rehabilitation in surveying the effects of Covid-19 on Myanmar’s street children. This project is being done in collaboration with several other organisations…
The pandemic has brought many challenges across our world, and the situation has been no different here. To date, there are just 263 reported cases in Myanmar. The government has taken the virus very seriously…
Hosanna Community Center sits a little North of Yangon, in a quieter area of the suburbs. The community stands testament to how orphanages can transform into beneficial pillars in their communities…
One of the projects that our team has been working on recently has been helping provide water filtration systems to communities in rural areas, in collaboration with Samaritan’s Purse International. We were able to build…
From Bagan to Yangon, there are many beautiful places to visit in Myanmar, and exciting experiences to be had. It’s important however to ensure that these experiences don’t come at the expense of local children and families…
Away from their Families, Children in Myanmar Orphanages Struggle at School…
Children in Myanmar are being needlessly separated from their families and placed in orphanages and children’s homes.
It is a tragedy that 73% of children* placed into residential care in Myanmar have parents, but have been separated from their families due to poverty, family breakdown, or to access education.
This trend is widely exacerbated by well-meaning volunteers and short-term missions teams who come to Myanmar with the well-intentioned desire to 'help' children in poverty. Unfortunately, this does more harm than good, meaning that children remain in a sustained cycle of poverty, trauma and under-development.
*National Forum for the Prevention of Family Separation 2014
Earlier this year we introduced you to Hosanna Community Centre, a place which started off as a small orphanage, but transitioned into a community centre….