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Burmese volunteer in Yangon

The Kitchen Soup project is going great and delighted to help.
Sorry for late Reply because I was seriously ill for 3 days and I could not go anywhere. I went to clinic and now I feel better but I am coughing non-stop. I also take medicine for cough but it is not better.

I go to help every Friday to cook and deliver the food with my new friend Merlyn. We together feed the children rice and curry and also check what the monk needs for coming week to feed the children. There are 138 primary students, who can not afford to attend school so instead they come and study school lessons in this Monastery. There are 3 teachers, 5 cooks and about 15 monks at this Monastery. Last month, we made a meeting with teachers and monks to donate weekly to feed the children.

After calculating, it is 250,000 kyats (approx $225USD) per week for everything. They feed the children 3 days meals (rice, vegetables, egg, meats) and 2 days snack (soft drink, cake, bread). In addition, Merilea and Merv gave donations to the monks for ceiling and roofs repairs for the Monks’ accommodation and 2 toilets ( Built of bricks).

The toilets are started build in last week and it can be finished in last week September. I am very happy helping to feed the children. With regards,

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