Wherever we go we seems to be warmly received by the local community. At Shifu Hill Monastery School we were warmly welcomed by the performance put up by the children from the school.
New Generation Youth Parahita Centre


As part of our mission in Myanmar, we also visited orphanages and schools that we have previously not been in contact with. New Generation Youth Parahita Centre is one such centre.
Located outside the 'tourist belt', the center receives little support from foreigners like us. Even our tour guide has not been to this centre before. Very evidently the physical condition at this centre is the worse we have seen so far.
The monk who set up this center explained to us how the centre was set up and how he try his best to support the children in this school. The government gave support in the form of rice to the students, but it is not enough to support the school. The monk have to give dharma talks and write books to raise money to support the school.
Not captured in the above video clip was part of the conversation where the venerable told us sometime children would be taken by the truck and 'dumped' by the road side. These children would stand by the side of the road and look out for venerable and other monks passing by and hoping these monks would take pity on them and take them in.
What can you see at night when there is no light? ....Firefly!
We were in one of the hall talking to the venerable, the teacher (speaking in Myanmese) incidentally asked the children what can they see at night when there is no lights.... and the children replied: 'Firefly'
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