2025.02

🎓 Nyaung Gaet Village Celebrates First Kindergarten Graduation

On February 14, the Nyaung Gaet Village kindergarten held its very first graduation ceremony. It was a meaningful occasion, marking the kindergarten's first-ever graduates in the only preschool in the village.

Seven children successfully graduated, celebrated by villagers of all ages, from elders to young children, who gathered to share joy and congratulations. Amid heartfelt wishes from the community, the graduates excitedly embarked on a new journey.

Tinyseed joined the celebrations by giving small gifts to the graduates and providing food for the community gathering. These children are now preparing to attend elementary school, beginning their next educational chapter. We ask for your continued support and encouragement so they may grow up bright and healthy.

News of emergency relief efforts in Myanmar's civil war-affected areas

Since the second half of last year, we have been conducting emergency relief activities in Myanmar's civil war-affected areas, especially in areas where war refugees are concentrated. In the Nyauunglwin and Ma Taung areas, we are providing rice and other essential food items (oil, beans, noodles, onions, salt, etc.) and medicine, and delivered relief supplies to a total of 200 households in early February.

The area is difficult to access by vehicle, so the support team had to deliver the supplies on foot for over an hour. Due to the civil war, many residents have been forced to flee, and most households do not even have basic facilities to cook food. Accordingly, cooking facilities will be set up in Mata Village to support the refugees so that they can live more stably.

We ask for your continued interest and support so that warm hands can continue to reach out to those who have lost their livelihoods in the war and are struggling to make ends meet.

Gatgofer Education Center, changing the lives of children and mothers

The Gatgofer Education Center, which initially had just over ten children, now has around 40 children who come and spend the day every day. They stay and study from morning to night under the care of the teachers, and they eat and live together.

The education center provides breakfast, snacks, and lunch. As more and more children who are not being cared for by their mothers come to the center, the small space is filled with children. The education center not only provides nutritious meals, but also focuses on teaching children English and Hindi, which they are not learning at school, and on teaching them character education and social development.

In January, Tiny Seeds visited India to see the needs of the education center firsthand and provided 20 desks for the children to use. Currently, about 70% of the children living at the center are the children of women working in the red-light district. These children, who were left unattended because there was no one to take care of their families, are now meeting a new environment at the center.

A bigger change is beginning with the mothers.

Many women are visiting the education center to see their children continue their education. The number of mothers who want to learn English is increasing, and the center is providing counseling, therapy, and vocational training to help them find new jobs.

The Gogopar Education Center is becoming a place that offers new opportunities to mothers as well as providing learning and care for children. We ask for your continued interest and support so that children and families can dream of a better future.