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The Myanmar Buddhist Orphanage Association (MBOA) is an all boys' Orphanage located in Mandalay on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.

Administered by Chief Abbot, U Sandi Mar, the orphanage provides more than just feeding and accommodation for these young men. They receive primary education, and training in the areas of technical and domestic skills that will prepare them for life in the real world.

sayadaw and orphans

They also participate in team sports, and receive emotional and spiritual guidance, free from prejudice in regards to their religious and racial backgrounds, which are varied as the boys are from various regions all over Myanmar.

The Aims Of M.B.O.A

  • To provide the children with shelter, with lots of love, care, compasions, kindness and understanding.
  • To help the children mentally, physically, emotionally and spritually.
  • To overcome their bruised and abused emotions and to help them in their school lessons and to develop study habits.
  • To motivate the children to be success in life, to strive for excellences in their lives and to study well.
  • To teach them proper values, standard life and to be good self-reliant and responsible citizens.
  • To support qualified children who can strive for higher instituation of learning in academic studies and vocational training.



Myanmar Kinderhilfe e.V. (vormals Verein f?r Internationale Solidarit?t e.V.) unterst?tzt etwa 1.000 burmesische M?dchen und Jungen im Alter von vier bis 20 Jahren in drei buddhistischen Waisenh?usern und ihren angegliederten Grundschulen   see more....
 

During the filming of "Odyssey: Driving Around the World" Burgess Productions visited the MBOA. The driving team toured the orphanage and donated some footballs to each of the classes. Their visit to the orphanage is featured in Episode 9 of the 13 part series. Burgess Producitons continues their support with the hosting of the MBOA website and by connecting television viewers with MBOA through their website ODYSSEYSHOW.COM. There you can read journals, view photos and see video of the visit to Myanmar and the MBOA.   see more..........
 


U Min Lwin Oo, Managing Director of Myanmar Frangipani Travels and Tours Co. Ltd. is the official Representative of the Verein für Internationale Solidaritaet e.V. (VIS), Frankfurt, Germany, and of Children Support Initiative (CSI), Honolulu, Hawaii. see more........