On 1 April 2023, the handover ceremony for SAM’s Bicycle Donation project ‘Changing Lives with Bicycles’ was held in Myaung Mya Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region.
Singapore Association of Myanmar (SAM), with the support of our friends and corporate sponsors, donated 150 bicycles, backpacks with school stationery, essential hygiene products to students ages 11-16, who live in the surrounding villages.
The aim of this project is to give a measure of relief to the students who travels an hour by foot to and from school.
Additionally, SAM provided monetary donations of MMK 500,000 to four community-based organisations In appreciation of their selfless service to the community; Sacred Heart Free Funeral Service, St.Vincent De Paul Charity Organisation, St.Francis Xavier Boarding School for Girls and Sacred Heart Church Boarding School for Boys.
The success of this Outreach would not have been achieved without the support, generosity and trust of the following donors and sponsors:
– Daw Khin Marla Chua & Real Fitness Co., Ltd,
– Golden Brown Coffee Co. Ltd
– Ko Minn Naing Oo
– Ko Si Maing
– Ko Steven & Ma Charm
– Ko Swan Htet
– Ko Thu Zaw Oo
– Ma Moh Moh Aye
– Ma Mya Thu Zar
– Ma Nann Moh Moh Khaing
– Ma Naw Me Zin
– Ma Yin Yin
– Mr Brandon Lye
– Mr Jonathan Low
– Mr Ram Nurani & Mrs Rekha Ramakrishnan
– Ms Gloria Kuok
– SPS Technology Co.,Ltd
– Sun Energy Electronics
Special thanks to Ko Mike Than Tun Win, Anywheel and Lesswalk.org for donating the 150 bicycles and logictical arrangements from Singapore to Myanmar
We will like to thank beverage sponsor F&N, Ms Hlaing Mar Lar Kyaw as well as Singapore International School: RVi Academy Yangon for your generous support and donations towards this meaningful project.
Together with the Sacred Heart Parish, Myaungmya, a hardworking community group led by Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai of Mawlamyine Diocese, SAM successfully reached student beneficiaries which would have been otherwise inaccessible.