Friends of Burma Annual Report 2021
Friends of Burma, Inc. 548 Home Ave. Ft. Wayne, IN 46807 Tel. 260-745-3658, Email: president@friendsofburma.org Website: http://friendsofburma.org , Blog: http://blog.friendsofburma.org E-Newsletters: http://news.friendsofburma.org This has been a terrible year for Myanmar. The country has been plunged into a civil war, unseen since 1948, because of the takeover in February of the democratically elected government by the military. Therefore, when Friends of Burma would ordinarily be sending donations primarily for education, instead we have sent thousands of dollars for humanitarian efforts, both for medical and for shelter and food. We have sent over $50,000 to keep the two hospitals we support open when most of the other 34 hospitals in Yangon are closed. We have sent $21,745 for medical supplies, including oxygen tanks and oxygen concentrators and food. We have sent $33,825 to help IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons who have been forced to flee from the Burmese Army.) We ga