PEDU Donates over 10 Million Kyats of Supplies to Karen IDPs
PEDU Donates over 10 Million Kyats of Supplies to Karen IDPs
KIC, 16 Sep 2016
URL: http://www.bnionline.net/news/karen-state/item/2312-pedu-donates-over-10-million-kyats-of-supplies-to-karen-idps.html
The Hpa-an-based Phalon Education Development Unit (PEDU) has donated over 10 million kyats (approx $8,170 USD) worth of food and other supplies to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myaing Gyi Ngu, Karen State.
The IDPs have fled fighting in the Mae Tha Wor area of Hlaingbwe Township in Karen State.
Nan Khin Thet Mar Win, the head of PEDU said: “On 12 September We donated 302 rice bags, food, and other items worth over 10 million kyats to the war refugees, who have arrived in Myaing Gyi Ng. During our visit we found that they are in immediate need of mosquito nets, blankets and clothes.”
She said that over 3,800 people have taken refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu since the fighting broke out in Mae Tha Wor in early September.
PEDU was founded by Taung Kalay Sayadaw Dr Ashin Pyinnya Tharmi (Taw Hmi Yahan) from Hpa-an Township. Previously the organisation sent donations to the Irrawaddy Region after it was hit by Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
The IDPs have fled fighting in the Mae Tha Wor area of Hlaingbwe Township in Karen State.
Nan Khin Thet Mar Win, the head of PEDU said: “On 12 September We donated 302 rice bags, food, and other items worth over 10 million kyats to the war refugees, who have arrived in Myaing Gyi Ng. During our visit we found that they are in immediate need of mosquito nets, blankets and clothes.”
She said that over 3,800 people have taken refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu since the fighting broke out in Mae Tha Wor in early September.
PEDU was founded by Taung Kalay Sayadaw Dr Ashin Pyinnya Tharmi (Taw Hmi Yahan) from Hpa-an Township. Previously the organisation sent donations to the Irrawaddy Region after it was hit by Cyclone Nargis in 2008.