14 June 2018

Projects

Whatever projects Sayadaw Ottamathara is doing intend to fulfill the need of society and solve society's problems and to help people to use their life and their belongings in a meaningful way. For more knowledge about his vision, you can have look to our different audio and ebooks about Sayadaw teaching.

Here you can find a non exhaustive list of upcoming projects:



And you can use this PayPal button to make a donation for any of these projects:

Animal shelter

Description

The animal shelter started at Hlegu in 2016 to accept any animal without limit of numbers or health conditions and to offer them a safe land where they can live without fear or worry and have medical care and food as much as we can. As there is no limit of number we get more animals than donations but we will keep on accepted them whatever long it is. The final plan is to build a nature reserve where animals are protecting from any harm and predator. We are developing right now the road to make the center more accessible for the doctor and are finishing to build the cow and buffalo shelters, their water ponds and many others facilities.

Currently, there is no electricity which is slowing down everything and increase all the costs.

Today population:
- 900 dogs
- 200 cows
- 80 buffaloes
- 70 cats
- 50 goats
- 30 chickens
- 17 pigs
- 3 bears
- 2 foxes 

How to participate?

Since the Burmese culture is not oriented to support the animal life, we are struggling to raise money. People could send cooked or uncooked food directly and skilled people are very welcoming to build suitable animal infrastructures or take care of them. We also welcome volunteers who can dedicate years to this project.


Biogas Implants

Description

The center host over 4000 permanent residents and a lot of temporary residents or guests. The daily waste from the food is extremely important and the human waste is also very considerable. Besides all the kitchen are running on wood fire which is not costly but requires a lot of time, effort, space to store and transportation and manpower to bring daily loads to the center.

Human wastes are collected in septic tanks which are overflowing as the population is too high for the size of the tanks and we face many troubles every week to suck the tanks and dispose the waste away from the center.

Combining these information the idea to use the human dung and organic waste as source of cooking gas emerged. Could we use our human waste, organic food and oil waste to produce enough gas for cooking and relieving the hard work and energy, space and time necessary for the wood cooking fire?

To make it happen we need knowledgeable persons who have rhetorical and practical experience to guide to set up the system. We may also need persons ready to physically start setting up all the process and educate local people to use it.

How to participate?

Material : biogas implant could be acquired by the center once the project is clearly defined and funds available.

Skills needed: experienced people with such implants and in similar situation or ready to take the situation in hand at the beginning.

Duration : if the conditions are complete (skillful people over viewing, material acquired) the duration to set up and start the project could be just a matter of few days. It will take few weeks before we can actually use the gas and then check it is set up in efficient and practical way to be used or some adjustments may still be needed. Once the system is set up, local residents should be able to operate it. If successful the project may be replicated in other centers where conditions allow its development.


Drain water cover

Description

The center is extended on 90 acres of land and very populated. We built the center on an empty land and created house after house, street after street, building after building and later on hospital one after the other. As the center started to grow and expand we had to set up all the water system, roads, septic tanks, and drain water systems. Because of the very rapid growth, the emergency to create shelters and find solutions to all the wastes and to cover basic needs , many systems are not working properly or are overloaded.

The drain water system is essential to drive water out of our center all year long and especially during the raining season. Due to lack of trash management and education the drains get clogged by rubbish or other organic waste and overflows and/or bring diseases proliferation. After trying to clean it again and again we understand that only a systematic approach can solve the problem efficiently : by dividing the drains into sections, inserting filters that will not allow the rubbish to flow down further and covering with a mesh that would prevent external trash to come in we can , section by section, be successful to clean and cover the full drain system in all the center and sanitize the streets.

How to participate?

Material : some mesh to cover, filters fit to the drain size, metallic structure to fix the cover and allow to open at filter points to clean regularly.

Skills needed :   patience, perseverance, manual skills to measure each section and prepare the cover and filters (welding skills are welcome), being systematic and adaptable to different situations. Ability to work as a team. While some volunteers may work on measuring and creating the covers and filters another team may start to clean the drain and dispose all rubbish away than installing the cover and finish one section. The center is very big and there are a lot of surfaces to cover but each section complete will be a step forward to the sanitization of the center and benefit well being and safety of all the residents and sick people living here.

Duration of the project : to complete the full center it may take months but each volunteer could complete a portion in short time if the team is working in harmony. The long term volunteers are necessary to overview the project and to get familiar with the system and be able to find materiel and tools needed.


Eco projects

Description

Myanmar is opening recently and lacking of knowledge and technology about self sustainable solutions, Eco-farming projects, recycling factories and others environment issues.

The center has a lot of empty land and is ready to welcome any initiative about this problematic.

How to participate?

Come and stay :)


Expecting women and newborn

Description

The project started in Mandalay few years ago when a dedicated lady, Kyi Myint Nay , decided to take care of pregnant women who had no access to the hospital because they were not married. So she took care of them in a temporary accommodation and provided everything needed for them and the birth. Afterwards the mother was free to keep it with her or leave him in our hands. The number of cases increased so we decided to move the mother and the baby in our Thanlyin center where basic care and education are provided. If the baby stay here after the mother left then the center will fully take care of him.

Kyi Myint Nay also dedicated her time traveling the country to educate, inform, answer the questions of women encounters in schools or different institutions like western family planning services.

How to participate?

All kind of materiel support is welcome like toys, tools for baby care, baby food or money to support the lodging, the maintenance and the development of our nurseries and the babies life future.


Free from drug

Description

In the golden triangle, the heroin and opium Asian factory, we are developing a new center specially dedicated for people who wants to be free from drug addiction. At the present moment, we are at the very first stage of development and are building infrastructures. With nuns and monks, we are starting the ALMS round to provide the food for the center. The center's aim is to help people detach from addiction and learn to use their life in a better way to change the perceptions of everybody.

How to participate?

There is a materiel need to build the infrastructures and roads so we need skilled and experienced people and eventually people who are interesting to be involved long term in the project.

Free from trash

Description

Myanmar didn’t have any trash managements until very recently. The country is overwhelmed by trash, mountains of trash accumulated for many years are spreading disease, and stealing place to other nature. The center has been pioneer in acquiring the first trash car in Myanmar 2 years ago and decided to be pioneer again by acquiring a machine that can process trash and reduce the size by 300 times.

This machine is from Japan and can process 2 tons of trash per day (all trash except metal, glass, porcelain- requesting that the trash is not having more than 30% humidity). It is unique opportunity to be actually really part of the world cleaning solution and not just talking about it. To operate such a machine a lot of manpower will be needed and especially a lot of people decided to make it work no matter what difficulty we will have to overcome. Not only operating and maintaining the machine itself will be a big challenge but also to set up all the process of collection, drying, in-putting in the machine and managing the output.

How to participate?

manpower, time, energy, if possible experience and knowledge in this concern

Material : we may need some material besides what is already provided for the collection of to make the process more efficient but mostly the material should be provided already by the center.

Skills needed : skills, experience and knowledge are necessary for leading the project and to run and do maintenance of the machine and deal with the output. No skills are needed to participate and be part of the manpower team.

Duration of the project : to start and establish the project can take weeks and months. Once established people can join for various duration of time. This project will go on for years and may lead to multiplication of the project at different sites in the country and also to pursue of the recycling project by combining other types of recycling machine (such as machine to convert plastic and sand into road pavements)




Hlegu

Description

The Hlegu center will be the biggest Thabarwa center in the future with 4 portions of 100 acres each. This area is easily reachable so we already established the animal shelter, the school, the old aged shelter, the second "Good Will" village and the monks residents.

The "Good Will" village is a place to welcome families who can get a piece of land for free after completed a 7 days meditation course. This village is fully supported by Sayadaw Ottamathara and we are aim to develop more schools, markets, living areas and independent shops.

There is currently no electricity even if the infrastructures for it are present already. The roads are present but still quite challenging. The final map of the project will have private residents, supermarkets, a fish market, a fire station, an hotel, a meditation forest, a bigger land for the animal shelter...

How to participate?

Skilled workers, long term teachers, meditaters and good willing mid term volunteers are very welcome. At the moment, it is not a comfortable place to stay but it is a good chance to participate to the development of the center from the beginning. We also want to develop Eco-farming and self sustainable solutions so if you have any experience about it you are also very welcome.



Media merit bank

Description

'Media merit bank' is one of the many good activities of Thabarwa : publishing and distributing for free Dhamma books or other médias to spread Dhamma. Before even becoming a monk, Sayadaw Ashin Ottamathara had his free distribution of Dhamma in 38th Street called 'from Avijja to Vijja' (from ignorance to knowledge) where he would distribute freely DVD, books, posters of his teachings as well as other famous Sayadaws... Since that time Thabarwa never stopped publishing and distributing books or media's freely. We are just about to print the new book in Italian from extract of Sayadaw teaching in italy, translated in Italian so that more people can access Dhamma. I had the great opportunity to donate 500 euros for that book and I want to share the merits with all people who donated to me to support my life and practice and who gave me the chance to do this great good deed.

Sharing the joy of spreading Dhamma with all living beings and hoping to inspire others to try that kind of good deed... As Sayadaw says : 'we get what we do', by helping others to know and understand Dhamma, one can understand and know more about Dhamma himself.😇🤗

Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu !

How to participate?

Here is the link to read online the book : https://app.box.com/s/v0ateh9iz63hcxh7oaogc6jzw7uf0buq



Multi educational university

Description

Sayadaw Ottamathara wants to provide education in a wide sense from kinder garden to university including Buddhist, personal, nature and morality education. We aim to provide education to Myanmar citizen as well as foreigner students.

How to participate?

We need long term patient teachers, students and workers for the infrastructures.




Recycling/Waster Management

Description

Sayadaw​ Ottamathara makes the rubbish management a priority for Thabarwa and for Myanmar: we will acquire and build a recycling machine in shortest time. Recycle all what you have to do good deeds, all our skills should be recycled for benefit of all, all our belongings should support for benefit of All, all our efforts should be combined for success of All.

How to participate?

There is a need for volunteers to help this project become successful, you can join on the field or support materially.




United land donation

Description

Everybody knows how to save money on your bank account but we never think about saving merits.

Sayadaw Ottamathara created a concept of Merits bank in 2015 who help people to save merits for their own credits by donating food, items, money to people in need and therefore to create good actions and karma for themselves.

Based on this concept, we are doing a good deed raising to purchase a 9 acres piece of land that will connect two separated pieces of Thanlyin Thabarwa center. On this land, we are going to build a 16 stories Dhamma Hospital, two resident buildings for meditaters with a dedicated meditation area, a multi education center, a green house, an permaculture complex, a children playground and many others infrastructures.

The lands are becoming extremely expensive around Yangon but we decided to choose this land for Dhamma. Like everybody can give a spoon of rice to the center , we decided to set up a minimal amount of 50 000 kyats, less than 40 US $. At the moment, people are joining forces to raise this amount monthly. Our international volunteers are also participating to it and like them you can join us or create your own group.

How to participate?

Bank transfert to:
- TNC Thailand - Kasikorn Bank - No 041-3-43522-6 - Mrs Kansinee Vuttijukkul



Water Treatment system

Description

We are in a very development country so the living conditions are still challenging. The Thanlyin center started with 100 people with his own water system but the population growth since then, today 3400, but not the water system and his sewage system...

We keep on fixing with short term solutions because we cannot afford to buy a complete new structure for a long term use even if the structure is already designed by our engineers.

How to participate?

Any skilled water workers are more than welcome for a long term and of course money also (see United land donation for donations information). This problem will be the same in every new center so there is a constant opportunity for skilled or/and generous people to participate.