New Student Learning Resource Centre in Myanmar

New Student Learning Resource Centre in Myanmar

On the 15th of August 2022 – the Feast of the Assumption – Catholic Student Action Myitkyina opened its Student Learning Resources Centre (SLRC), which is located in the grounds of St Patrick’s Church, Shatapur Parish in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar....
Mr Zawng – the Village School Teacher

Mr Zawng – the Village School Teacher

Mr Zawng is interviewed by a Columban who wishes to remain anonymous and asked what he learnt from being a member of the Catholic Student Action Myitkyina (CSAM) back in 2019. “Wa Jau ngai hpe hkan ya rit.” (Father come and follow me. This is a short way to the top!...
From the bottom of our hearts: Thank You!

From the bottom of our hearts: Thank You!

“Why would people so far away care so much for us?” one person asked Fr Eamon Sheridan when he told people at the Rebirth Rehabilitation Centre in Myanmar’s Kachin State that readers of the Far East had donated enough money to finish the building of the...
Thank You From the Bottom of our Hearts

Thank You From the Bottom of our Hearts

The response to Fr Eamon Sheridan’s article about building a women’s dormitory in Myanmar’s Kachin State to help women with drug and alcohol addiction was phenomenal! The centre is part of a life-giving support programme which the Church offers drug addicts and...
Building resumes on Myitkyina addiction recovery centre

Building resumes on Myitkyina addiction recovery centre

Building has resumed on the women’s addiction recovery centre in Myitkyina in Myanmar. In a tweet, Columban missionary Fr Eamon Sheridan announced the good news. When completed, it will be the first residential centre for women grappling with addiction in Kachin...