Post Tagged with: "Daw Ah Win"

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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23Jul
2012

Our New Library in Nwe’ Kwe Village

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Our New Library in Nwe’ Kwe Village

May and I just came back from Nwe’ Kwe after donating Kyat 7,740,000. UNWA donation of US$ 8800 x 880 rate) to Myinta Nanda Monastic School.   Attached is the donation receipt from the Sayadaw with photos of the construction. Once we informed the Sayadaw about UNWA grant, he started constructing the library.  It is quite spacious. It measures 44′ x 32′ & will be used not only as a library but also as a community centre.  The total cost [...]

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17Apr
2011

Daw Ah Win’s Photo Memory of our December Tour

in Libraries, Library Photos, Photo Galleries, Tour Reports
Daw Ah Win’s Photo Memory of our December Tour

To see photos of a recent trip, visit Daw Ah Win’s photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/ahwin2006/NLRTripMyanmar2010?feat=email#

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27Mar
2011

2011-2013 NLR Funding and Program Goals

in About the Project, Donations, Friends of NLR

  Report by our ad-hoc committee:  John Badgley, Roger Paget, and Jack Simpson, with appended comment by Dave Richards WE ARE A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION – AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF NLR’s greatest achievement may be simply “opening up” Myanmar to more involvement, showing that even with sanctions and the bad feeling between the US and Myanmar, a small lightly funded organization from the US can make a big difference. Our opinion is supported by these facts: We have developed constructive relationships [...]

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27Mar
2011

Daw Ah Win’s Comment on the Cochran Trip Report

in Tour Reports

Dear Bill, First of all your thoughts are very valuable.  I really want to know how you evaluated Myanmar’s current library development and what suggestions you have for the future.  These are the seeds and the plants can not come out without the seeds.  What follows is information for you as we did not have time for discussion during the trip. Partnership Concerning  our partnership, I would like to describe my role.  UNWG, Vienna, is not a partner with NLR [...]

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