The monk in that video is of monk Ashin Dhammapiya speaking to a dozen of us visiting his orphanage  under construction to house kids from the delta who lost their homes [some have parents, but they lack money to educate them). This monk is avid about education and his orphanage is actually a school which combines teaching monks with some secular teachers, especially those teaching English. Colby Morris, a Missoula high school senior, will teach there this July 2011, a [...]

ICE Youth came into life with the idea of sharing information. The idea was conceived by an ambitious young man called Kundan Chhabra. Kundan recruited the other young men who had the same vision. The Group first had a vision of founding a mobile library to support the communities nationwide with books and learning materials; the idea was refrained due to certain affordable financial, resources and volunteer limitations. After a year, many changes took place; a few joiners left for pursuing their further education [...]

U Chit Maung Library is on the outskirts of Yangon in the town of Insein, adjacent to Myanmar Institute of Theology [MIT], a hundred year-old seminar founded and sustained by Baptists until 1963, when Ne Win expelled all missionaries. It is essentially a Karen institution, although Baptists from Kachin, Chin and other minorities are educated there.