Myanmar Association, Inc. (New York)
P.O. Box 891, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y. 10163, U.S.A.

U Kyaw Myaing, President of the Myanmar Association Inc. donating Kyats 90,000 to the Basic Education Middle School, Kyimyindine. The lady receiving the donation money is the township education officer. The money will be used for the roofing of the school which will later be upgraded as a High School as a result of the donated money. The donation money come from part of the proceeds of the Myanmar Food Festival held in New York by the Association held in 1998.

Group photograph taken in front of the Middle School in Kyimyindine.

Going to the donation ceremony in a sampan (small boat)to the other side of the Hlaing River where the middle school is located.

U Kyaw Myaing explaining about the aims and objectives of the Myanmar Association Inc., New York, how the money was raised by selling Myanmar food and also a bit about the Internet, the Information Age and the importance of Pyinsa Bala - the Myanmar concept of development starting from the individual level to the national level. Donating in the education sector promotes Nyana Bala.

Certificate of Appreciation given by the Basic Education Middle School, Kyinmyindine.