New projects in the region of Chin
Since Kanazogone is becoming more and more self-sufficient, we would like to use the proceeds of the donations to help those in extreme need, for example other orphanages, schools and homes for the elderly in the state of Chin, western Myanmar.
The Chin ethnic group lives in a typically hilly and mountainous area, bordering to the west with India and surrounded by jungle. The population are mostly in small settlements in the forest, their houses on stilts and they live off the land. The state of Chin, one of the 14 administrative units of Myanmar, is the poorest part of the country. 73% of the population live below the poverty line. According to a UNICEF report, about 60% of the children suffer from delayed growth and 30% are malnourished. We would like to begin a nutritional program in the schools and orphanages in this region.
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At present the kids only eat rice with cooked mustard leaves every day. With the expanded nutrition program we would like to give them a more fresh and balanced diet suited to their needs. This means: having meat two or three times a week, fish once a week, eggs and other protein-rich legumes once a week; vegetables and fruit often during the week.
In order to ensure that all institutions are economically viable and self-sufficient in the future, we would encourage the various leaders to start their own production of legumes, vegetables and greens or start a pig farm and/or chicken production. Of course at the beginning, these different enterprises would be supported by our association.
Lucia, who taught English in the past at Kanazogone, where there is already a monitored nutrition program, lives in the village. She is a competent person we trust and who can manage the entire program . At each month’s end she will check all expenditures made for the daily menus.
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At Mindat, the capital of the region of South Chin, we support two colleges with 80 and 107 children respectively, including 44 orphans. Most children would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend school, because they come from extremely poor families and live in remote mountain villages. We would procure clothes and warm sweaters for orphans because in the mountains winter is particularly cold, and sometimes it even snows there. Also in Mindat we support a retirement home where 19 people who have no family live. The Sisters take care of the elderly and orphans.
Matupi, where we support three small colleges, is also in the mountains and is connected to the rest of the world by a single road running through the jungle. For this reason all the food/groceries are much more expensive.
Rung, a small jungle village is completely cut off from the outside world during the rainy season. In other seasons, it takes three days on foot to reach the place. In the village there are no shops, no electricity and the inhabitants live on what they grow or hunt. There are 22 children attending primary school in the college. Their teacher is Father Philip. We would like to provide them with school books and clothes and start a nutritional program there too.
