Our news

Simon Goede - In Memoriam

It is with great sadness that we report that Simon Goede, the former secretary of the Care for Children Foundation, passed away on May 3, 2023. Due to complications following pacemaker surgery, he died unexpectedly at the age of 87. After the death of Cor Visser, who started the foundation, Simon devoted years of unbridled energy to the two orphanages in Minethouk. Simon was involved with heart and soul and even after his retirement as director he was a good adviser to the new board. His mourning card said 'Our rock in the surf'! That was Simon in a nutshell, for everyone.

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).

View our Annual Report 2022

We kindly invite you to read our Annual Review 2022. Thanks to your support, there is a lot of good news to report! In the newsletter we outline the current situation in Myanmar. That is anything but rosy due to the corona crisis and the takeover of power. But we also tell you how our local people are putting their shoulders to the wheel for education, care and guidance for the orphans in Minethouk.

External news

H&M pulls out of Myanmar

A report was released on Wednesday, August 16, showing that working conditions in Myanmar's garment factories have deteriorated since the 2021 military coup. H&M is going to pull out of Myanmar step by step. Inditex, the company behind Zara and Primark, among others, already preceded the Swedish billion-dollar company. However, the question is whether workers will benefit from H&M's decision.

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.

Cyclone Mocha wreaks havoc

On Sunday, May 11, tropical cyclone Mocha made landfall in Myanmar's Rakhine state. A great deal of damage was caused and at least three people were killed. Bangladesh was also hit by the storm earlier, but escaped without much damage. Hundreds of thousands of people from Myanmar and Bangladesh were evacuated the day before the storm. There were fears of a category 5 cyclone, the strongest of its kind.