MYKIDS NUTRITION AND SANITATION PROJECT

Yangon, Myanmar

HELPING MYKIDS MYANMAR

The Andrew Youth Development Centre (AYDC) currently houses over 100 children and their carers. It now offers care for abandoned children, an on-site clinic to address nutrition, sanitation, women’s and children’s health in the community, with extended services in pre-school groups and nurse education.

Tammy and Phil Sooveere visited the AYDC in September 2012, to undertake nutritional assessment on the centre’s residents and provide valuable education on basic health care for the centre’s residents. Mykids were able to offer advice and prescription on topical treatments for serious infections like Staphylococcus, while overseeing training of carers.

“This community support is desperately needed for all people in Myanmar. Thank you.” – Community Leader in Yangon

With the support of OHO’s Collaborative Partnership Program, MyKids were able to produce a bi-lingual education manual for the Yangon community, offering nutrition and sanitation information for the entire district, including the 85 bed local hospital. OHO’s Collaborative Partnership Program has provided the MyKids Myanmar project with:

Strategic advice and mentoring in establishing the project
Legal infrastructure
Over $350,000 of nutritional supplements
A Happy Herb Company Community HELP grant to assist with the sanitarian program literature and set-up funding
A Blackmores Community HELP grant to translate medical dosage instructions into Burmese