2024, The Year We Turned 30!
2024, the thirtieth year of Friends-International, is drawing to a close. Let’s spend just a little time scratching the surface of the incredible activities of our #everydayheroes over the past twelve months! Our year...
Category: Myanmar
Tricked Into Danger
Read how Friends Alliance teams worked together across borders to help one young woman out of a very difficult and dangerous situation…
A Royal Calling
*Myat Myat is a bright young woman who joined the LinkAge Vocational Training Program under Tha Ngae Chin Myar (Friends International Myanmar). She excelled in her cooking skills and was really hard working. She...
Led to Better Futures!
In March 2022, brothers *Ag Ag & *Zaw Zaw happened upon Tha Ngae Chin Myar, Friends International Myanmar (FIMM) when they followed a group of children bringing lunch boxes to the program center. Our...
From Recycling to Rebuilding
*Sandar, a 12-year old girl, had been experiencing the hardships of life since a very young age. Her family could barely afford their daily needs. She had to do her part in collecting plastic...
A Bite of a Better Future
The ongoing crisis in Myanmar is not enough to block the cooking dreams of a young man. When Mon* had to stop his formal education, he pivoted and found his true vocation. He found...
Taking Steps to Better Futures
Under the summer sun, we find Mg Mg* selling bird seed to support his family’s daily needs. A young person with bright eyes and a welcoming smile, he sits by the roadside in the...
From Myanmar to Germany – training for success!
It’s been a difficult time for the #everydayheroes of Friends Myanmar these last few years so it’s always welcome to share a success story from the team. This is Zaw Zaw’s story… Beginnings Let’s...
First Step to Better Futures
The busy Bo Ta Daung Port in Kyauktada Township, Yangon in Myanmar is home to a bright seven (7) year old girl, *May. Everyday she would wake up to the hustle and bustle of...
Myanmar – Progress Under Pressure
Friends Myanmar In Yangon , Myanmar, our ‘Tha Ngae Chin Myar’ program (Friends Myanmar) continues meeting challenges in saving lives and building futures. The program grew out of the innovative and successful ‘Linkage Training...
Friends #everydayheroes in Yangon
Emergency supply distribution by Friends program in Yangon, Myanmar
