Myanmar Trip - Day 8

In the morning we visited the site of a new school that the venerable is building. Two of the building is already completed but there are still much work left. The land was donated but lay devotees and belongs to the Sangha and not specific individual monk. The Sangha (or the community of monks and nuns) acts as the trustee for all properties that have been donated. This practice dates back to the time of the Buddha and is still in practice here in Myanmar.

School library that is still in the early stage of construction





Although they have wells, the lead contend in the water is too high thus the water is not fit for human consumption. As a result, rain water need to be collected for drinking and cooking. These are some of the challenges faced by the venerable when he tries to set up the school.







Small hydro-power generator is used to generate electricity to be used by the school. A few kilowatt of electricity can be generated in this way.


We spent the rest of the morning playing with the children in the school and giving out toys, sweats and balloons to them. By late afternoon we bordered the coaches that will be bring us back to Yangon, back where the journey first begin. All the other children from the village, it seems, and some of the adults also turn up to say goodbye to us.