News from Myanmar - Stand By Me

Children rescued from flooding in Kalaymyo

Myanmar Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Flooding can bring not only destruction to an area but also loss of life. Brothers, Samuel, Ryan and Daniel experienced this recently when Kalaymyo...

New school opens in Tamu, Burma

Myanmar Thursday, 09 January 2014

A buzz of excitement and the sound of laughter echoed around the new Sophia Academy school as it opened its doors to 180 children from Tamu for the...

Off to school

Myanmar Friday, 23 August 2013

We’re excited to share that our new tuition school in the Tamu area of Burma is well underway and will soon be complete, ready to support children ...

Aiming high

Myanmar Wednesday, 07 August 2013

Thawng Sian Mung was one of the first children to come into the Stand by Me Sophia Home in 2003, he was studying in grade three at the time. Due to...

Heather and Karys go to Burma

Myanmar, Tuesday, 25 June 2013

We’ve been working with Atto Partners for some time on this website development and recently Heather and Karys from Atto headed out on a volunteer ...

I have become somebody from nobody

Myanmar, Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Vung Suan Cing’s father was a lumberjack and sadly died when a tree fell on him. Vung was only three years old. Vung’s mother worked extremely hard...

Rice seed promotes self-sufficiency in Burma

Myanmar, Thursday, 28 March 2013

Our Sofia Home in Tamu recently enjoyed a wonderful harvest and the children were overjoyed by the collection of rice! As the rice is harvested it ...

Esther: an inspiration

Myanmar, Friday, 01 March 2013

From a baby who was abandoned at birth and later found out to be HIV, into a confident, healthy and talented young girl in our children’s home in B...

New children's village in Kalymayo, Burma

Myanmar, Wednesday, 30 January 2013

We are excited to share that the dream of building a brand new children’s village in Kalymayo in Burma has become a reality and in 2012, the kids f...

Fulfilling dreams

Myanmar, Tuesday, 22 January 2013

“Thank you very, very much you support me. Unless you help me, I could not study. I don’t know how to say but I can say Thank You so much and God b...

Expanding: The Grace School goes from strength to strength

Myanmar, Friday, 29 June 2012

Student numbers at the Grace School in Burma have risen from 100 to 360 in the last five years and when the extension work that is currently taking...

Jumping through hoops raises money for children

Myanmar, Friday, 22 June 2012

Pupils at Immanuel School in Romford, Essex, took a hop, skip and a jump this week as they tackled a varied obstacle course, in order to raise mone...

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