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19Mar
2013

Our New Library Opens at Nwe’Kwe Village

in Donations, Libraries, Library Photos, Newsletter, Photo Galleries
Our New Library Opens at Nwe’Kwe Village

New library at Nwe’ Kwe By David Leuthold 12/24/12 Another brick library, constructed under Nargis Library Recovery auspices, was dedicated on December 10 at the Myinta Nanda Monastic School in Nwe’ Kwe village, about an hour’s drive northeast of Yangon on the Baho highway. A $8800 donation from the United Nations Women’s Guild of Vienna, Austria, was inspired by Daw Ah Win who administers the International Atomic Energy Agency library. The U.N. Women’s Guild also funded construction of Thingangone library [...]

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22Jan
2013

A Million Tourists: A Million Books

in About the Project, Donations, Libraries, Newsletter, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy, Tour Reports
A Million Tourists: A Million Books

I live near Seattle where memories of the Alaska gold rush linger in our local culture. Myanmar this trip bore resemblance to those halcyon days. Travelers are coming from every corner of the world, some to test if  freedom is on the lips of citizens; others to explore  ancient ruins and natural wonders in a country finally deemed safe by guide books and once hostile “experts”, and global media pestering President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi after their [...]

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20Nov
2012

President Obama’s Address at Yangon University

in Newsletter

It was a great speech. Here it is in its entirety.

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11Oct
2012

Two Conference Reports

in About the Project, Friends of NLR, Newsletter, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy

Myanmar has moved to center stage in media coverage of Asian affairs, one measure of that shift is the widening participation in Myanmar conferences. While the role of libraries has not yet become a focus in these events, our work is being discussed, I am pleased to report. 1] The Center for Strategic and International Studies is located midst powerful lobbyists on K St. in Washington D.C. For three decades it has served as a venue for policy experts to [...]

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14Sep
2012

Minutes of NLR’s 5th Annual Directors’ Meeting

in About the Project, Donations, Friends of NLR, Libraries, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF

MINUTESOFBOARDMEETING5sep2012.doc   

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