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Kennedy considered his neighbours’ needs during hard times

September 2024 has not been an easy month for many people who live in central and southern Myanmar. If you've been following the news, then you would have heard about the extensive flooding in Myanmar which was caused by multiple hurricanes during this year's wet season.

Kennedy lives on the outskirts of the central capital city, which is Nay Pyi Taw. Like most of his neighbours, Kennedy and his teenagers have been adversely affected by the floods because they've lost access to safe drinking water.

After M2M sent Kennedy a small emergency payment to his electronic wallet, which was issued by his bank, he had to make a tough decision. Was he going to use the money to benefit himself and his teenagers? Or was he going to use the money to benefit the other people who live in his neighbourhood? M2M is pleased to inform you that Kennedy chose the latter option.

Kennedy noticed that one of his Buddhist neighbours has a deep well on their property. Because of this, Kennedy purchased a water pump to enable all the people in his neighbourhood to get access to clean drinking water from the well.

M2M commends Kennedy for his selfless act during very difficult times.  Please see the photos below.

Water sanitation in rural Myanmar

Back in May 2024, Elijah asked M2M to send him some money to build a new toilet. Apparently, his old toilet was on the verge of falling apart, and this situation was having an adverse effect on the water sanitation in Elijah's commune.

M2M quickly responded to Elijah's request by sending him the necessary funds to enable Elijah to buy all the materials required to build a new toilet. Below is a series of photos to document the construction of the new toilet.

Elijah and his team worked very hard to build a new toilet.  Below is the result of their hard work and effort.

Toilet occupied
Toilet ready with door open

Water sanitation is of great importance to every person who lives in Myanmar regardless of whether they live in urban or rural areas. At M2M, we take water sanitation very seriously.

M2M is very grateful to our donors for turning this building project into a reality.

Concrete well in Rakhine State

On Thursday the 5th of November 2020, Pastor David sent Pauly a message via Facebook Messenger to inform him that the concrete well project in Rakhine state was finished.

Below is a collection of photos, which were taken by Elijah from Rakhine state, to document the construction of the well.

Before construction started

During construction

The final outcome

If you look carefully at the last photo you will see a tank next to the well. That's because there was enough money in the budget to build a well and a tank.

Elijah and his team of helpers are very grateful to all the donors who supported this project.