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Name : | Naw Lee Myar |
| Country : | Myanmar | |
| Native language : | Kayah | |
| Work Position : | Women’s Secretary | |
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Work |
Mrs. Naw Lee Myar is a 1998 graduate from the Asian Rural Institute. A widow with three children, she currently she works as a Women’s Secretary with the Kayah Hpu Baptist Association, where she has served for over thirteen years. Naw works with over 1,000 families living in remote communities close to the Thai border, where she emphasizes holistic development for women, both spiritually and physically. She conducts Bible study groups and organizes fellowship programs to help build a close-knit community for women. Moreover, she holds development awareness programs on sustainable agriculture, animal husbandry and home gardening to provide healthy food for everyone. In addition to these activities, Naw helped build a women’s dormitory for the Kayah Hpu Baptist Association so that young girls could come to Loikaw to study. The dormitory (completed in 2002) was built by Baptist women, setting aside a portion of their farm products to pay for construction costs. Now women and young girls from remote areas have a safe temporary home while they are studying at the Kayah Hpu Baptist Association.
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Sending Organization |
The Kayah Hpu Baptist Association was founded in 1983 and is affiliated with the Karen Baptist Convention. There are 40 churches within the association and membership rolls count over 6,000 active members, with about 3,000 members in the Women’s Association. It seeks to proclaim the Gospel and uplift all people through spiritual, moral, and physical development. In recent years the association has been focusing on providing care and counseling for orphans.
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