Myanmar:FW Country & prayer pages 27/8/08 16:10 Page 30
Province of Myanmar
Myanmar
G
overnment restrictions in Myanmar (Burma) mean most of the
stories about Mothers’ Union must remain untold. Myanmar is
ethnically diverse with more than 135 distinct ethnic groups. The
majority of the population (90%) are Buddhist. About 4% are Christian.
Refugees
orphanages and prisons with gifts of food;
Mothers’ Union has been active in Myanmar marriage and relationship counselling;
for more than 100 years. When missionaries vocational skills; visits to the sick and elderly
were expelled in 1966, the National Church and support for those who have been
was formed. Now Mothers’ Union works in bereaved.
all of the six dioceses and with the Karen
refugees on the Thai border. The Cyclone
resettlement of thousands of these refugees The cyclone in May 2008 caused
to other countries has caused problems for devastation, death and hardship to those in
the remaining refugee groups as the Irrawaddy Delta area. Lack of aid is
many of the better- causing even more tragedies. The church
educated and more able and Mothers’ Union are helping with food
people have left. and medical assistance as much as they are
allowed by the government. They are
Travel for Mothers’ helped by a grant from the Relief Fund.
Union workers,
whether by boat, on
foot or by public
transport, is hard,
slow and dangerous.
However, they do not let
this stop them from visiting
Diocesan
remote branches and members.
workers
encourage
women to earn
Mothers’ Union outreach activities in the
an income
province include regular visits to local
through textile
projects
Fact File
Population: 47,758,181
Mothers’ Union Members: 7,946
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