ARAKANLAND
WAO-USA-11/20/2011- An emergency meeting of World Arakanese Organization (WAO) U.S.A. Branch successfully held by its 11 attendees of Central Executive Committee. The purpose agenda of teleconference had discussed about how to assist an Arakanese fire victims from Mum Pra and Mre Pone Township, Arakan.
During the three weeks of November, the fire broke out across the Arakan. On November 1, 2011, 112 houses bunt down in Kyouk Ni Maw Village, Ram Bray Township. Mum Pra market was consumed by fire. There was at least 685 shops out of over 1000 shops ( three line of five long building) burnt down by fire on November 12, 2011 according to the recent information from Ven. U Nya Na, one of the famous monks of Arakan. In Mrauk U, 3 houses and 4 Video houses were destroyed by fire on November 17, 2011. And 2 houses were fired in Taman Tha Village in Moung Taw Township on November 18, 2011. A fire consumed the 146 houses in Sittara Village in Mre Pone Township on November 19, 2011.
As the first step of donation, WAO-USA approved to offer $2500, which allocated from WAO-USA’s emergency relief fund, for Arakanese fire victims. And WAO-USA’s members have planned to get donation as fundraising from sympathizers who live in USA.
Recently, WAO-USA has urged to all donors who are willing to do as a meritorious deed and please contact to following persons:
1) U U Sein Tun Tel: 650-387-6894 San Francisco
2) U Khine Kyaw Khine Tel: 602-349-6170 Arizona
3) Ko Thein Tun Zan Tel: 919-618-8505 North Carolina
4) Ko Kyaw Htoo Aung Tel: 617-435-4153 Illinois
5) Ko Zaw Zaw Tun Tel: 646-203-3338 New York City
Source: WAO-USA
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