Metta Spectrum
 


Our Activities

We aim to provide opportunities for the less advantaged in our society and to alleviate their sufferings in a way we can. We try to reach and provide support to orphanages, prahita (non-profit) welfare schools, institutions, individual patients, hospitals, and special health projects. We provide assistance either in cash or in kind. We do it alone or in collaboration with other groups.

Each year, our donation activities start in January and continue through out the year. Through our web updates, donors are informed of each year's work.

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Your donations have reached the following people, institutions and projects. We now have achieved what we set out to achieve and this visible success is an encouragement for further activity.

  1. We have provided funds for special projects for the treatment of eye diseases by foreign specialists at Mt. Popa Clinic.
  2. At Eye Hospital in Yangon we have contributed to hospital emergency fund. We have also helped needy patients in the hospital ward by handing out cash to incur medical expenses.
  3. At Children's Hospital in Yangon, we provided funds for emergency needs of Dengue Fever Ward and also contributed to the Hospital fund
  4. In Yangon, Tanyin, Twante, and Kyaikhteeyo, we have provided funds for 19 orphanages and prahita schools, school for deaf children and training school for girls; in Mandalay, home for girls; and in Monywa, home for the aged.
  5. For prahita school in Dar Pain, we have provided school benches
  6. We have given material aids for new born babies and nursing mothers of Myanmar workers group in Mahachai area in Thailand.
  7. We have also provided food, educational aids, sports facilities and toys for prahita school children of Myanmar workers group in Mahachai area in Thailand.
 
 
No. Donated places in 2006 – 2007
1

Special campaigns by foreign specialists for treatment of eye diseases at Mt. Popa Clinic.

2

Kyaikhteeyo Prahita school & Home for children

3

Htaut Kyant Child Care Centre

4

Prahita School, Bahan

5

Prahita School, Tanyin

6

Aye Yeikmon, Home for Girls, Mandalay

7

Metta Wadi Prahita School and Home for children, Hlaing

8

Home for the Aged, Monywa

9

Thinkankyun Prahita School and Home for children

10

Poenyakayee Prahita School and Home for children

11

Padauk Shwewar Prahita School, Kyaukyetwin

12

Nan Oo Prahita School, Kyaukyetwin

13

Children Hospital, Yangon

14

Dangue Fever Ward, Children Hospital, Yangon

15

Jetawun Prahita School, Myaynigone, Sanchaung

16

Mary Chapman School for the deaf children, Yangon

17

Yadana Theingi Prahita School and Home for girls, Hlaing Tharyar

18

Eye Hospital, Yangon, Cash donation to needy patients in hospital ward and contribution to hospital emergency fund.

19

Myitha Myo Oo Monastic School and Youth Development Center, South Okkalapa

20

Yadanarbon Yeiknyein Prahita School and Home for children, Thingangyun

21

Tharthana Yetkita School and Home for children, South Okkalapa

22

Prahita School and Home for children, South Okkalapa

23

Vitharkhar Prahita School and Home for girls, Dagon Myothit

24

Ngapyawkyunn Prahita School, Thaketa

25

Prahita School, Shwepyithar

26

Phayargyi Village Prahita School and Home for children, Twante

27

Padauk Myaing Prahita School, Dar Pain, Hle Guu, (School benches)

28

Prahita School, Mayangone Township

29

Training school for girls, Mayangone

30

Material aids for new born babies and nursing mothers, Myanmar workers group, Mahachai, Thailand

31

Food, educational aids, sports facilities and toys for Prahita School, Myanmar workers group, Mahachai, Thailand


New Additions for 2008

Metta Spectrum for 2008 will try to have a wide range of activities. In addition to activities of supplying food, medicines, teaching aids, sports facilities, items for personal hygiene etc., we aim to more effectively and efficiently assist the welfare programs.

These are our new additions:

* Developing Vegetable Gardens for self sufficiency


This will bring plenty of fresh home grown vegetables to childrens' dining table. Fresh, tasty and nutritious meals are essential for childrens' healthy growth. Now we are trying to raise the awareness of the significance of taking fresh vegetables for nutrition and most importantly how vegetable gardens can make substantial contribution to our purpose which is healthy growth of our children.

* Setting up Libraries for developing Bala Ngadan


By investing in libraries, we will try to nourish the talents of our children. Metta Spectrum, starting from 2008, is setting up libraries at various places with books specially selected for the development of bala ngadan _ five strengths (strength of the body, strength of wisdom, strength of character, strength of wealth, strength of friends).

We are trying our best to get good books (English/Myanmar) that can help build bala ngadan. A good portion of your money will go for setting up libraries. We need good books for the growing and curious minds. Starting from now, we are selecting books and special care is being taken to get the best ones. Well selected books will help our children to help themselves.

2008 Urgent Call: Cyclone Nargis

We are unable to describe in words our deep sadness for what has happened in our country due to Cyclone Nargis. The devastation caused by recent cyclone Nargis in five states and divisions of Lower Myanmar is of unprecedented magnitude requiring extensive relief and rehabilitation work. The Delta region is the worst-hit area. Thousands of people are dead and thousands are missing, thousands are injured, homeless and starving.

Thousands of children are dead and thousands have become orphans. The cyclone victims are in dire need of water, food, clothing, medicine and shelter. Our help is urgently needed. We will attend to this urgent call as best as we can since rehabilitation of the disaster victims requires efforts from all of us. Our Yangon team is ready to reach out to the affected people.

* Responding to the urgent call

Metta Spectrum is actively engaged in the relief and rehabilitation work. If you would like to contribute, you can contribute through Metta Spectrum. Whatever amount it may be, your contribution means a lot for the victims. [See more details]

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* Our Relief Work

Metta Spectrum has spread out relief supplies and cash donations to places where immediate help is needed. Villagers from Laputta and Dedaye areas received clothes, towels, blankets, bed sheets and footwear.

People in Kawhmu and Kungyangone areas got clothes, candles, rice, medicine and cash. Special Tarpaulin sheets were donated to families in Dagon Seikkan township to make shelter as it was found that they needed shelter most. Almost all the relief providers are giving priority to hardest hit villages and towns in the Delta. As this place is near Yangon city, it is not getting much attention as it should be though their houses were blown off by Nargis.

The community of about 2,000 residents is in urgent need of shelter. Nearly about 400 families need shelter more than any other thing. So Metta Spectrum has addressed this urgent need by donating for the construction of temporary shelter together with other donors. One volunteer group is supervising the construction. The first phase of construction is only for a hundred families. Hence, more funding is urgently needed to complete the task for the whole community. Tarpaulin sheets to shelter one family costs 20, 000 kyats.

For the severely stricken areas in the Delta, cash donations have been made through the following groups:

Myanmar Medical Association 
Sitagu Sayadaw Gyi's group
Sayadaw Ashin Sekeinda's group

Donations have been made and will continue to be made at the cyclone hit areas.

* Orphans/ Elderly People

Rendering support to the orphans has been one of our main tasks. The number of orphans at the orphanages is most likely to be on the increase after the cyclone. So more effort is to be made to give our continuous support to these institutions.

While to strengthen the support system of the orphanages seems to be an urgent need, there is also another pressing task to attend to. That is to attend to the elderly people who have lost their families and homes due to the cyclone. They need to be taken into care. The situation calls for our deep concern. We feel that this is an issue that should be addressed at the same level of emphasis by all of us.

* Metta Spectrum takes care of your contribution to reach the really needed people

2008

We would like to sincerely express our profound gratitude for your generous contribution to Metta Spectrum (MS). Setting up of libraries, developing vegetable gardens, contributing to hospitals and attending to general welfare of the children at the orphanages/ monastic schools were undertaken in 2008, in addition to responding to the emergency call in Cyclone Nargis stricken areas.

Your participation is crucial. With the combination of your good will and dedicated efforts of MS team, we are confident that we can make a difference. Indeed, our hearts are connected with a thread of deep concern. So with our joint commitment, we can work hard together on possibles so that they become reality.

No matter how often or how much you contribute you can all be proud of the satisfactory and good outcome. Our donations have proved to be worthwhile. Your contribution is never late. MS donation is an on-going process and the donation activities are year-round activities. Our 2009 activities have already been started at some places.

2008 Donation Activities

Table 1

Places donated

Items

Remarks

Byugone Prahita Kyaung, Gyogone

Garden tools for developing vegetable garden

Self-sufficiency and nutrition

Mingalar Prahita Kyaung, Phayargyi Ywar, Twante

Seeds, fertilizer for developing vegetable garden

Self-sufficiency and nutrition

Myinthar Myo Oo Prahita Kyaung, South Okkala

Water tank shelf
badminton rackets, shuttlecocks, leather balls for football, chinlons

Infrastructure
Games and sports

Witharkhar Prahita Kyaung, Dagon Myo Thit

 

Rice bags
Carbolic soap bars, detergent packets, cotton roll, Burscabe bottles, Hacks and Vicks

Food
Health and hygiene

Mt. Popa Hospital, Mt. Popa

Cash donation

Health

Sasana Yetkhita Prahita Kyaung (Waing Tit), South Okkala

Mosquito nets

 

Health

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Table 2

Places donated

Items

Remarks

Disable School, Yangon

 

Drawing kits, puzzle boxes, A3 paper packet,
badminton rackets, shuttlecocks, softballs for football

Teaching aids
Sports and games

Aung Myae Thukha Prahita Kyaung, Bahan

Library books

General knowledge

Tharyargone Prahita Kyaung, Tanyin

Library books

General knowledge

Metta Wadee Prahita Kyaung, Yangon

Library books


General knowledge

Ahmyothamee Gaher, Mandalay

Library books

General knowledge

Pyinnar Paramee
Library, Bangkok

Books, book shelves,
wooden cupboards, carpets
stationery

General knowledge

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Table 3

Places donated

Items

Remarks

Dagon Seikkan

Tarpaulin tents

Cyclone relief:
Shelter for Cyclone victims

Kyauk-sa-yit Ywar,
Kawhmu

Pe-war-lay packets, Pe-kyar-zan packets
Robe and cash donation for Sayadaw

Cyclone relief

Kungyangone

Rice
Candles
Cash donation for household

Cyclone relief

Laputta
Dedaye
Kungyangone

Clothes for men, women, children, blankets, towels, bed sheets, footwear and varieties of household things

Cyclone relief


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Table 4
Places donated

Items

Remarks

9th, 11th, 12th, 18th wards Karen Su, Pyapon

Rice for 220 households
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Clothes, shawls, footwear, bags, household things

Cyclone relief

 

Tharmanay Parahita Kyaung, Pyapon

Rice bags, Cash
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plates, cups and saucers (ceramic /melamine ware), glasses, kitchen stuff

Cyclone relief
Cash donation for repairing the building destroyed by cyclone

Baptist Church, Pyapon

Rice bag, Cash

Cyclone relief

Home for the Aged, Pyapon

Cash for the Home, Cash for 23 Ah-phoes and Ah-phwas

Cyclone relief

Sitagu Sayardaw Gyi's Group

Cash donation

Cyclone relief:
Contributing for the cyclone Nargis fund

Sayardaw Ahshin Chekinda's Group

Cash donation

Cyclone relief:
Contributing for the cyclone Nargis fund

Myanmar Medical Association

Cash donation

Cyclone relief:
Contributing for the cyclone Nargis fund



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Fund raising for Cyclone Nargis victims


* A fund raising sale for cyclone Nargis victims was organized by Metta Spectrum at Mahidol University, Salaya campus, Bangkok.
* Fund raising activities for cyclone relief fund was organized by a group of friends at Ottawa. Our heart felt thanks to the organizers and donors for their concern and rendering a substantial amount to assist the affected people at such a disastrous time.

Library project

Library Books

For our library project, to get suitable books, several visits had to be made to the book stores, book exhibitions and publishing houses. As a result, we could get hold of a wide variety of books in both Myanmar and English ranging from stories to culture, from history to general knowledge and from health to science.

In 2009

We will continue to develop more libraries and more vegetable gardens while at the same time addressing other needs. Generally speaking, people are mostly aware that libraries are necessary but the benefits of keeping a vegetable garden still needs more awareness. We are working hard to make these two projects to be more successful and it is hoped that in the near future many libraries and vegetable gardens would appear.

More gifts for children: We believe having an opportunity to have access to good books and to play music can create a happy and healthy atmosphere. So it will be organized for the children and young people to have some musical instruments along with the books and things for sports. We have learned that there are some prahita schools where music classes are being organized under the supervision of professionals.


Talent and potential: Programs of giving prizes and gifts to the winners and participants of such activities as storytelling, drawing, and sports and games will be organized to nourish the childrens’ talents and to develop their potential. At these events, participation and collaborative work will be highly recognized. Last year, unfortunately, Nargis hit the delta and we had to respond to the urgent call of the cyclone stricken areas focusing on relief and rehabilitation. Also in 2009, we will continue to attend to the needs of these cyclone victims. We have put on our priority list the cyclone related orphanages and some places where the cyclone had hit mercilessly.


 

 
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