UPDATED on 28th April
The final amount sent from our Drop In class attendees was £570/E670/$760. Thank you!
After the appeal closed some of you gave directly via Better Burma. I’ve received an email thanking those who’ve given. You can find an update on the situation in Burma though this link https://www.betterburma.org/campaigns/view-campaign/-CKvi0D06Tooco5FoqzVWGkmcgrGTdUpoxB5hUXoW7PVDLA-E5Pn6eIjCt5M5o8CouGd-PFdqq8PGhdbmMJZ_-Sw6MpqiyK6
Earthquake in Myanmar (Burma)
As you will know from the News, parts of central Burma and Bangkok in Thailand are reeling from a severe earthquake a few days ago.
Parts of Burma’s second city of Mandalay and all of the nearby city of Sagaing is flattened with an as yet unknown number of people dead but expected to be in the thousands if not tens of thousands. This area known as the Sagaing Hills is also home to hundreds of monasteries and thousands of monks and nuns, many whom have died. Others, along with Burma’s population, are desperately trying to save the lives of those trapped under rubble working in temperatures of 40 degrees C. Many people have very little food, drinking water and no shelter.
At the Drop-In online class a few days ago, I said that all money given as dana for the class would go to earthquake relief in Burma. Thanks to the generosity of the participants that morning I’m today sending £500/E600/$650 to Burma. These donations are part of a larger collection which Sayadaw U Tejaniya will take to the Sagaing region in a couple of days. This collection will then be closed.
Despite difficulties travelling from Yangon into the affected area and the distance of several hundred miles I’ve decided that this is a better way to avoid money getting into the hands of the Military Junta. If you’re reading the news you will know that many of the large western charitable organizations are running into this problem with less resources getting through to help.
If you would like to give here are a couple of ways that will mean your money goes more directly to helping local people and bypassing the Junta.
https://www.betterburma.org/donation
https://insightmyanmar.org/donation
There is another wonderful organization called ‘Metta in Action’ that you can write to directly to find how to donate to them.
With much metta
Vajradevi
Uncontrived Mindfulness 
Thank you, Vajradevi. This is very helpful as the news said that the Junta were still fighting and preventing any aid from getting through to those who urgently need it. Awful!
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Just read your blog and have donated directly via your bank account. Hope that’s ok with you. Thanks so much for doing all that. Sounds desperate. Love Satyanandi Sent from my iPad
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