It is amazing how quickly the summer can scoot on by! Forgive our short hiatus from blogging as we’ve had much on our plate in transition and mission but we’re back now and ready to share! Our summer mission to Myanmar took place in...
Learn moreTwo things are currently conspiring to put cottage industries in grave danger. One. The growing obsession of the west for unique goods produced from small cottage industries placing a high demand on small goods producers to figure out ways to...
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We hope you had a great time celebrating your Mothers last week! It is awesome all the things mothers do, much of which we just never know about until we become parents ourselves. One of the coolest things about the homes we support in Myanmar...
Learn moreThis week our guest blogger is MuTu the new Love For Myanmar Intern from Yangon. He is assisting Meagan Henry, Director of Myanmar Ministries Relations, with updating all of our children for 2014 as well as other team functions. He is a welcome...
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Well, here at LFM we are moving full force into trip planning for July. We are busily setting itineraries and planning events for the people coming with us to Myanmar this summer. With the new addition of land in the Mon state and pilot projects...
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We have been busy as bees working on this years (first) annual fundraiser. Next Tuesday we will all come together at Crestview Baptist Church so that we can share our vision with you. It is your chance to come out and hear stories and ask...
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One of my favorite over arching themes that we reinforce here at Love For Myanmar is the belief that sometimes children should just get to be children. We facilitate this through a number of programs in Austin and in Yangon but one of my favorite...
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Ja-Ring is featured in this quarters LFM Newsletter. She is an inspiring young woman that has been able to flourish under the sponsorship of donors just like YOU! Check out her story below.
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A few weeks ago Rachel Goad wrote a blog for us and talked about the Austin Refugees she works with in Austin. She ended the blog with an old hymn and one line has just been stuck in my mind every time I start working on Love For Myanmar ‘stuff’...
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It’s the beginning of spring! A time when we symbolically celebrate new beginnings and welcome the end of winter and the brightening of the world outside (yes, even in Texas!) Suddenly greens seem so much greener and there are wildflowers popping...
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“My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.” – Aung San Suu Kyi ‘The Lady’ of Myanmar. Her story is inspiring, if you don’t know it look it up. We forget that there are people all...
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A nah deh. It’s a phrase in Burmese that loosely translates into ‘I feel something’. Only, this feel isn’t of the good variety. It is used to describe that uncomfortable feeling you get when other people feel bad. Or when you feel bad because you...
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Our guest blogger this week is Director of Myanmar Development Chase Wooldridge. He has spent more than four years with the people of Myanmar helping break boundaries and helping youth discover their inner creativity. After years and hours of...
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Something really awesome about the Non Profit world is the ability to collaborate with local businesses and other NGOs in the area you work. The work pours out into all facets of your life! Recently as collaboration with SCBI International school...
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Land in Myanmar is a premium commodity. In fact owning land at all is rare. Very few citizens actually own the land they live on outright and those that do usually manage this by claiming ‘family land’ and can prove ownership generations back...
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