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Cry for help: Help us to survive!

In this article, we'd like to focus on the financial position of the Care for Children foundation. Financially, we're not in a good position as a foundation. As it stands now, we can only support the two orphanages in Minethouk for three more years (2026-2027-2028). Why is this, and how could you help us—and thus the 65 orphans and four staff members? We would be deeply saddened if we had to stop our sponsorship in three years, resulting in the closure of the two orphanages.

View our 2024 Annual Report

Are you curious about how things are going in Myanmar at the moment and how our projects are running? Then read our 2024 Annual Report. The circumstances in the country have been miserable since the military coup in 2021 and the popular uprising that followed. In our report we tell how our local staffmembers are putting their shoulders to the wheel to provide education, care and guidance for the orphans in Minethouk. That is heart-warming to read.

Meet our staff

Our two orphanages form a warm and close-knit community. Everything is going well. There is discipline, but there is also a lot of time for fun. The children all have their tasks and help well. The staff members create the right climate for this. The staff consists of U tet Tun (orphanage father), Daw Mya Sein (cook), U Bran Saing (boys home staff member and computer teacher) and Daw Nilar Aye (girls home staff member and math teacher).

External news

Sham Elections in Myanmar

In January 2026 there were elections in Myanmar. This should have been the moment for the people to make their voices heard and change the regime. But in reality, there was no electable opposition to the junta. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy has been banned for years. The National Unity Government, founded by the ethnic groups fighting the junta, is not recognized by the junta. And the smaller parties in Myanmar are powerless to make a difference. Moreover, the law stipulates that 25% of the vote goes to the military.

Poppy cultivation reaches peak

Myanmar has become the world's leading source of illicit opium, following the decline of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, according to the UN. In the war-torn country, opium farmers and traffickers have free rein. In a recent study on opium in Myanmar, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) found that poppy cultivation increased by 17 percent in 2024-2025 compared to the previous year. The area under cultivation of the illicit crop has risen from 45,200 hectares to 53,100 hectares.

Is it Burma or Myanmar?

Burma, Birma, Myanmar. Those are the three names that you often see mixed up. First of all, we can be brief about the difference between Burma and Birma. Birma is Dutch for Burma. But should you say Burma or Myanmar? That mainly depends on your own preference and/or your nationality. Because in some countries Burma/Birma is consistently used in the media, in other countries you only hear Myanmar. And that in turn is determined by whether or not the name Myanmar is recognized by the government of that country.