Captain Myo Myint Aung collected $1400S from fellow mariners for our project this January, here is his response to our blog today. Life has not been gentle in Singapore, or Myanmar— June 30, 2009—Sorry for a long pause. Fully agreed with your comment. Knowledge is important and propagation of knowledge is more important. Libraries can bring knowledge beyond schools. I have been busy these days but I read every email you send and forward to my circle of friends. Times [...]
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Thanks. We are very happy to see the condition of these books. Thanks to Hector, Heidi and Thrift Books. She added about 17 sets of Encyclopedia and they are in very good shape. It will be a good idea to visit a library in Delta in December. We can go day trip. We can build our first library if Simpsons and other donors are ready to contribute. But, if you all want to build a library, Yangon will be more [...]
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I recently attended a Washington D.C. roundtable on the topic “Burma/Myanmar–Views from the ground and the international community.” Chatham House rules keep me from citing the participants; however I am free to report on the prevailing views which directly relate to Nargis Library Recovery project. Modes of successful engagement for recovery dominated the discussion. Ambassadors, senior US, UN and foreign ministry officials spoke of their country’s experience in administering aid, both before and subsequent to Cyclone Nargis. A consensus emerged [...]
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Nargis Library Recovery Project roungtable meeting, Yangon, Nov. 2008 Librarians attending Nargis Library Recovery Project roungtable meeting, Yangon, Nov. 2008 U Thaw Kaung and Dr. John Badgley at Nargis Library Recovery Project roungtable meeting, Yangon, Nov. 2008 Books donation ceremony in Bogalay March 2009 Books donation ceremony in Bogalay, March 2009 Books bags ready for the schools Preparation for the books donation ceremony in Bogalay, March 2009 Books bags ready for the schools March 2009 Nargis donors, retired Cornell professors [...]
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