MBAPF 2015 Report
REPORT OF MBAPF TO MYANMAR LIBRARY AID FOUNDATION REPORT OF MBAPF TO MYANMAR LIBRARY AID FOUNDATION
Donations
Kayin Village Libraries South of Pathein, plus Thingondine
Michelle Chen and family donated funds to construct this new library in Hsingugyi-ywa. Four nearby villages appealed to us to help rebuild & restock their libraries, as well. Naw Moo Ler Say [Moo Moo] led our tour. She works with the Chen family in Singapore but grew up in Ngaputaw Township, Hsingugyi-ywa.
My 2014 Return to Myanmar
NLR and MBAPF are entering a new partnership with Myanmar Engineering Society to create the Myanmar 2050 Foundation. I’ve described that step earlier. Tomorrow I return, my 20th trip: this time to help create the mission, organization, board of governors, and initial projects for the new Foundation We are building on the 5,000 book/periodical collection […]
Change in Yangon: Change in NLR
http://nyti.ms/16IoRfC Nargis Library Recovery Board Meeting 11 March 2013 PRESENT ON TELEPHONE CONFERENCE: David Leuthold, John Badgley, Jack Simpson, Roger Paget, Sasha Babic, Matt Daley, Allen Bjergo, (Thant Thaw Kaung joined later). Hector Rivas did not participate. David Leuthold called the meeting to order at 0905 MDT. 1] Chairman Leuthold asked for any additions or […]
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, […]
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