At a glance: Myanmar
Real lives
Helping families get back on their feet in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar, 14 January 2005 - After an earthquake shook the ground under Hla Than’s feet the morning of December 26th, she returned to her daily work, unaware of the danger that was approaching.
Caregiver Circles ease the burden of poverty on Myanmar’s youngest
Yamin and Lamin Khine, twin four-year-olds sisters, live with their parents and five siblings in a house they share with three other families in the sprawling urban township of Thaketa, on the outskirts of Yangon. The family’s existence is hand to mouth.
A better start for Myanmar’s poorest children
Mya Thidar Aung was born in prison while her mother served a sentence for petty crime. Fortunately, her mother was released from jail six days after she was born.
