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This past year continues to be difficult for Myanmar but after two years of delay due to COVID and other circumstances, we are pleased to inform you that in the past financial year, we were able to make the donations to the winners of the U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund for the years 2020 and 2021. The beautiful ceremony took place at Mahar Thukhita Yama monastery in Than Hlin Myo on Wednesday 30th March 2022 at 11 AM. In 2019 the donation journey took the BEST delegation 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. For 2020 and 2021, we chose 18 needy schools in the Mawgyun area (Irrawaddy division). Buddhist Essential Support Trust ( BEST ) founder/ the late U Nay Win always wanted to help the most needy even if it meant making difficult journeys to remote places in the country. We are proud to continue his legacy through these donations.
2020 winners of the U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund are monastic schools from 1. Picchimarum 2. Yatana Hman. 3. Tha Pyay Oo. 4. Tal Chaung. 5. Sasanahita Kari. 6. Mahagandaron Dalin 7. Aung Dagun Taing. 8. Maha Bodhi. 9. Ywar Oo 2021 Winners of the U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund are monastic schools from 1. Kyeik Pi Kwin 2. Sasana Rakhita. 3. Dhammacari. 4. Visuddharum. 5. Brahmma Cari. 6. Pannapaarami. 7. Shwe Pyi Aye. 8. Laye Htut. 9. Sirimingala. I would like to express a special gratitude to Sayardaw Doctor Baddanta Seintitar Linkarra and the BEST delegation in Myanmar for making these donations possible. Thadu. Thadu. Thadu.
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Dear friends This past year has been an extremely difficult year for the world with the COVID pandemic and particularly difficult for Myanmar since the coup of February 2021. The in-person donations we normally do in December/January had to be postponed due to COVID restrictions and with the banking crisis following the coup, it became almost impossible to get the funds to Myanmar. The U Nay Win Sunshine Memorial Fund donations have unfortunately been delayed, as with essential donations to parahita schools and other donations in Myanmar. We are determined to make up for this when the situation improves. In spite of all these challenges, we did manage to continue our donations here in the UK, and also make a few donations in Myanmar including to Abidhamma Yatnar Covid-19 Medical Centre in Bahan for Daw Tin Ohn Myint in November 2020 and working through Sayadaw U Gandhamala, we were able to donate to the Mingun water project and much needed oxygen supplies to help COVID patients in Myanmar. We also succeeded to send funds to start the essential monastery and meditation caves repair work on Taungtha mountain with the help of BEST trustee U Aung Kyaw Johnson Moe. To mark the 19th Anniversary of BEST, we were able to make a special HTI donation for the Ghandhara Pagoda in Sagaing earlier in the year and I would like to thank Dr. Ko Ko, Daw Molly Ko and U Thura Ko for their help in this unique opportunity for a HTI donation. We say farewell and pray for much loved Daw Amy Khaing and Daw Tin Tin San (Rose) who always helped and attended BEST annual gatherings as well as other friends and family who have departed us. We also pray for peace and wellbeing of everyone in our beautiful country and beyond. Thank you all for your continued support and resilience in a difficult year. Stay strong and loving kindness to you all. Daw Khin Win Mya
 Working with Tipitaka Sayadaw U Gandhamala, donating much needed oxygen for COVID patients
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 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 |
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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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