Every time we visit Nyi Pyi Taw, one of the place we frequently visit is the office of the Ministry of Home Affairs (The Ministry of Home Affairs is responsible for the internal security and stability of the country)
During this trip to Nyi Pyi Taw in February 2010, Brigadier General Phone Shwe, the deputy minister of Home Affairs, took time to meet us even though his day was occupied by the official visit of the
deputy Interior Minister of Vietnam.
During this visit to Nyi Pyi Taw, we met with officials who are concern with the condition of Chin state. The Prime Minister has visited Chin State two weeks prior to our visit to Nyi Pyi Taw and that created an impetus for many to be concerned for Chin state. The deputy minister of Home Affairs who accompanied the Prime Minister on his trip carry this concern personally as well as the concern of the Prime Minister.
He expressed his concern for the people of Chin state who are facing chronic poverty due to limited natural resources and infrastructure. i mentioned here about this
meeting because his ideas and his heart for the people of Chin state
captured our attention. Normally,
when we meet him, we usually talked about our works in Irrawaddy the
happy and the difficulties. He will find a way to solve our needs. We want to explore ways to expedite the progress of social-economic development for the people of Chin state despite facing tremendous challenges with limited natural resources and steep elevation and terrain in Chin state. It is difficult for Chin state to attract any business direct investment. The only option is to widening border trade between India and Myanmar with locally made products in order to create jobs for the people, generate capital that can be used to improve roads, utilities, education, medicare care etc. After Nyi Pyi Taw trip, we began to study ways to expedite social-economic development of Chin state through the means of expanding trades that involved local people and local products from India, and Myanmar.
Our goal is to seek means to improve the living condition of the people of Chin state. Our role is to open up more channels for trade without getting invlove with the business itself. The social responsibility to the people is our highest priority not business bottom line.
Feb 23, 2010: My family visited Yangon Children Hospital and presented the donation to Dr. Aung Kyi Min, the superintendent of Yangon Children Hospital. Our hearts has been touched by Yangon Children Hospital and the children who are receiving treatment in the hospital. The medical staff in that hospital is doing the level best to save lives. Many children are in very critical stage of illnesses.
4 out of 10 children cases in ICU are cases of severe Pneumonia which was the case of our baby Emmanuel. Now that they have enough equipments for those children in need. My heart is in peace. Many children have greater chances of survival.
We like to spend time with the children who are in critical condition. The doctors and officers who were taking us to see the patience have to be very patient with me because i talked to every patience and their parents.
The vice Chairman of Myanmar, General Maung Aye, and Minister of Health visited Yangon Children Hospital ICU recently. They were impressed by the decoration such as cartoons on the wall and art works for the children we created. We have been requested to do the same decoration in other wards and children hospitals in Myanmar.
I am so glad that a simple action we made a change to the thinking of the leaders of the nation and bringing the nation into different level of care.
Yangon Children Hospital older building (above) and new building (below)
I was amazed and saddened by the demolished places I have seen in Haiti. Many towns and the capital city has become like a rubbish rubble. The damage has very different impact from Myanmar after the destruction of the Cyclone Nargis in 2008. The Myanmar Cyclone swept everything away including houses and buildings, therefore the rebuilding process can begin almost immediately when resources is available.
In Haiti, the cleaning and rebuilding
process will take much longer than we could imagine. Most buildings in
Haiti were built by concrete, the dust of broken the concrete are
flying like smoke over the mountains. Clearing all the rubbles will
take months or even years.
The only few thing which can make me smile in Haiti are the buses of Haiti. The buses are colorful and decorated with flowers. It is lovely.
Myanmar singers were invited to the Grammy Awards 2010
Levi Sap Nei Thang
Monday, February 1, 2010
Grammy winner Lady GaGa
The Myanmar singers
Sung Tin Par, Kabyar Bwe Moo, Mee Mee Khae & Htoo E Lynn were invited to
attend the Grammy awards 2010 which was held on 31 January at the Staples Center
in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
These musicians have
been helping "I Love Myanmar" works in Myanmar.
When I was thinking what will be
the most rewarding to Myanmar singers, I decided to
bring these musicians to Hong Kong and
that became the most memorable in
their life.
When my husband and I attended
the Grammy awards 2009, I realized that there were not even one Myanmar
singers that had attended the Grammy awards
in the past. Therefore in November
2009, I began to organized the necessary
paper work and for any related tickets. As the news spread across Myanmar, the
Guitar Organization in Myanmar rejoiced and
the Myanmar people are grateful for this initiative.
Mee Mee Khae, Kabyar Bwe Moo, Sung Tin Par at Staples center during Grammy Awards
I could not make it
personally to the Grammy Awards with these singers due to my travel to
Haiti. I have chosen to go to Haiti instead of the
Grammy and I have no regret over my visit to Haiti. I am grateful for friends in L.A for taking care of them in L.A. I appreciate them very much.
Sung Tin Par has been
in U.S for the past three month and having
singing every weekend across United State to
fund raise for charitable cause towards
Chin State. She will leave U.S the next day
for Japan after the Grammy awards.
Kabyar Bwe Moo, Mee
Mee Khae & Htoo E Lynn have been invited by various friends, and
organizations in U.S to do some charity fund-raising. They are schedule to travel across U.S for the next two months.
Their main reason coming to U.S was to visit me, attend the Onething Conference, visit L.A., Hollywood (Grammy Awards).
Myanmar people were delighted to have these singers in U.S.A thus invited them
to participate in charity concert. Although I was the
main person who invited the singers except Sung Tin
Par to U.S.A, I am not involved in
any of the fund raising concert for "Myanmar
or Haiti" in the United State and I am not responsible for the fund disbursement. But I appreciate your love
and support for these singers.
Quisqueya Christian School has been turned into a relief center for Medical teams for Haiti since earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010. The relief center is leading by Ted and his son Theo.
Medical doctors sleep in this kind of tent, there are over 200 medical doctors in the school campus. 5 Acres are for the relief team and the rest of 5 acres are for the U.S army command center.
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