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Dear Friends Once again, for the financial year 2019-2020, I am very pleased to inform you that the BEST donations in Myanmar reached yet another milestone with a new record of 41.15 million kyats or £22,641. For a small charity, this really is excellent news. For the 2019 U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund, we chose 8 of the 9 winners from and around the Chin State one of the remotest parts of the country. Please find here a short video of the donations in Myanmar. Thank you all for your support and generosity. Thadu. Thadu. Thadu. Daw Khin Win Mya - BEST President
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5/19/2020 0 Comments Farewell dear friends...
We are sad to announce the passing away of Daw Ohmar Thein lovingly known as Cherry in September 2019 and in February 2020 we had to say good bye to Daw Kyi Kyi Hlaing, lovingly known as Hazel. In April 2020 COVID 19, took away Dr. Myint Wynn and U Soe Win Tin. In the following month of May, we also have had to say good bye to Mr. Alan Stanley for the same reason . They were all friends and supporters of BEST as well as respected members of the Burmese community. They were loving, kind and generous people doing their best for family, friends and the community. We honour you and we pray for you. Although you are no longer physically with us in this life, you will remain in our hearts, our minds and our prayers. Rest in peace dear friends.
On Friday 7 February, Professor Robert H. Taylor Best Patron joined the BEST Myanmar team - Daw San New, Daw Theingi Hlaing and Daw Moe Thuzar for donations to two new schools in Dagon. Aung Myay Monastic School, A-9 Street, 78 Quarter, Yuzana Garden City, East Dagon Township headed by Sayadaw U Eaindaka (photo below) provides free education to a total of 1049 pupils ranging from Kindergarten to 10th grade. BEST is happy to donate 1.5 million kyats to this worthy school. May there be more donations to parahita schools.  Photo (above and below) - At Aung Myay school donation. BEST Myanmar delegation with Professor Robert H. Taylor, Head Monk U Eaindaka and teachers)
BEST Myanmar is also pleased to welcome Daw Moe Thuzar (above photo - right) to the BEST Myanmar team.
မင်းတပ်မြို့သီရိမင်္ဂလာ ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးသင် ပညာရေးကျောင်း( ဆရာတော် ဦးနန္ဒသီရိ )၏ ကျောင်းသူ ကျောင်းသားများအတွက် ပစ္စည်းလေးပါး ထောက်ပံ့ရေးအဖွဲ့ ( မြန်မာ )က လိုအပ်နေသော အနွေးထည်များ စောင်များ ( သုံးသိန်း သုံးသောင်းကျပ်တန်ဘိုးသင့်ငွေ ) ကို ၁၂.၁၂.၂၀၁၉ နေ့က ပေးပို့ လှုဒါန်းခဲ့ပါသည်။ On 12 December 2019, the children and the elderly in Mindat received a big delivery of warm clothes and blankets to provide winter warmth in the cold Chin state. The delivery was organised by BEST Myanmar and what a joy to see the smiles on their faces! Thadu. Thadu. Thadu. 
The BEST delegation ventured through rough roads, wild rivers and mountainous climbs to reach the needy schools in the Chin state, one of the more remote, the poorest and least developed state in Myanmar. The friendly Chin people, some dressed in their traditional costumes, welcomed the delegation for reaching out to them. Six of the nine U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund winners are selected from the Chin state. In the words of U Nay Win "Where there is already plenty of water there is no need for rain but in areas where water is scarce let the rain of metta (loving-kindness and generosity) pour down." Certainly in the Chin state the beautiful rain of metta, of loving kindness and generosity poured down. Ma Shein Hlaw Monastic School - Donation 9 Sunshine Donation 9. Donation of One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Ma Shein Hlaw Monastic School, Min Tut Township, Chin State, Myanmar. Monday 18 November 2019
Donations 7 and 8 - Wauk Kyote Village and Ma Kyan Village Monastic Schools
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Sunshine Donation 7. Donation of One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Wauk Kyote Village Monastic School, Min Tut Township, Chin State, Myanmar. Sunshine Donation 8. Donation of One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Ma Kyan Village Monastic School, Min Tut Township, Chin State, Myanmar. Sunday 17 November 2019 Both Sunshine Donations 7 and 8 were completed at same place.
Travelling into the night to make the donations...
The BEST Delegation traveled far to reach the remote places. On Sunday 17 November, BEST made two donations in Kanpelet Township of 1.5 million kyat each to Kyin Dway Tharthanar School (30 children), and Baho Tharthanar School frequented by 75 children.
Donations at Pauk Township, Magway...
The donation Road kicked off on 16 November with a stop at Pauk Township in Magway. The parahita schools in two villages of Pyin Chaung with 174 pupils and Yay Kyaw with 100 pupils received 1.5 Million each. The Sunshine winner from Hnamadar Village deep into the Chin state with 69 pupils also received the donation on 16 February. The representative teachers from the school travelled to Pauk to receive the donation. "We are so honoured to support these needy schools" said Dr. Thein Zaw Win, of the BEST Delegation.
Three donations for U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial fund took place on 16 November 2019 in Pauk Township, Magway.
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| Sunshine Donation 3. Donation of One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Nhamadar Monastic School, Paletwa Township, Chin State, Myanmar. Saturday 16 November 2019 | Sunshine Donation 4. Donation of One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Yay Kyaw Monastic School, (174 children) Yaw Kyaw Ywa (Village), Pauk Township, Magwe Division, Myanmar. Saturday 16 November 2019 |
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Sunshine Donation 2. Donation of One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Pyin Chaung Monastic School, Pyin Chaung Village, Mingalarama Monastic School, Pauk Township, Magwe Division, Myanmar. Saturday 16 November 2019
Sunshine Donation 1: Metta Ywa school, Mingaladon
 |  One Million Five Hundred thousand kyats to Metta Ywa, Kyite Ko Lot Parahita Nunnery School, Mingalardon Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Saturday 26 October 2019 |
3/31/2019 0 Comments
2018-2019 Donations
| Video background music "Shwin Laan Chan Myay Par Say" sung by Dr. Ko Ko Gyi. THANK YOU. | Dear Friends I am pleased to inform you that the Buddhist Essential Support Trust (BEST) donations in Myanmar reached a new record of 40.5 million kyats. We donated to more institutions with also bigger sums. Five out of nine winners of the U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund were selected from needy Parahita schools along the Pyay Road. One of the nine winners include an inspirational orphanage based in Mandalay assisting children with HIV AIDS. Thank you all for your support and generosity. Thadu. Thadu. Thadu. Daw Khin Win Mya |
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Farewell Sayar Kyi...
 | We are sad to announce the passing away of Sayar Kyi (17 March 2019), a staunch supporter of BEST who is a key contributor at the BEST AGMs and the chief announcer of U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund winners. Sayar Kyi, you are a true friend. Although we will no longer hear your eloquent words of wisdom, nor see that discreet and yet warm smile on your compassionate face, you will forever remain in our hearts, our minds and our prayers. Rest in peace dear Sayar Kyi. |
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BEST AGM 2018
BEST AGM - 2018
On a sunny Sunday afternoon on 22 July 2018, at the home of Daw Khin Win Mya, over one hundred friends and supporters of BEST gathered for the most well attended AGM to date. Equipped with guitars, drums and boundless talent, the BEST youth brought fresh energy and entertainment for all around.
THANK YOU all for your support and for being there with us. Thank you Mr. Justin King for this video.
On a sunny Sunday afternoon on 22 July 2018, at the home of Daw Khin Win Mya, over one hundred friends and supporters of BEST gathered for the most well attended AGM to date. Equipped with guitars, drums and boundless talent, the BEST youth brought fresh energy and entertainment for all around.
THANK YOU all for your support and for being there with us. Thank you Mr. Justin King for this video.
 Our talented youth from the Sunday School share their daily prayers and met. (above) KEEP A CALM MIND - Thuta & Naythan act out one of the Lord Buddha's most valuable teachings. (right) |  |
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Oakkah on the drums (left), Thuta on the guitar(middle) and Zabu Sheeren (right).
BEST AGM 2018 (22 July) entertainment programme closed with a song and a dance by the youngest youth of all - Dr. Ko Ko Gyi and Dr. Thwe Oo! First performed on Myanmar TV, this new year song, entitled "Shwin laan chan myay par say" wished everyone peace and happiness. Wishing all our supporters peace and happiness.
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New Year Donation at Myaing...
On 13th April 2018 on the eve of the Myanmar New Year celebrations, Myaing Nunnery in Shwe Pyi Thar received an additional 1 million kyats donation from BEST. Myaing nunnery welcomes a total of 500 pupils composed of day pupils from the local area as well as children from other parts of the country who are under the care of the nuns.“The kindness shown to support these children through care and education is truly inspirational. You can tell the impact that this has had on their lives just by the smiles on their faces: bright and full of warmth,” said Kaythi Win Aung, of BEST Youth.
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2017-2018 Donations
| Dear friends, I am pleased to inform you that the Buddhist Essential Support Trust reached new heights in the financial year 2017/2018 with total donations rising close to £40,000. This is more than double of the previous financial year and our best record yet. We have been able to support many more Buddhist institutions with larger amounts. I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to you all for the support that you continue to give to BEST. Thank you. Thadu. Thadu. Thadu. Daw Khin Win Mya President . | 2017 U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund Winners In the second year of the U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund, nine institutions helping orphans and underprivileged children were selected to receive support. Their student size and their locations vary but what they all have in common is the inspirational leadership by monks, nuns and staff who work tirelessly to provide the children with quality free education. Congratulations to all the nine laureates of 2017!!! |
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