Phoenix School

Help for Forgotten Allies

The political situation in Burma has resulted in many refugees fleeing their own country in search of safety in neighbouring Mizoram State, India. Children at refugee camps are in dire need of education. H4FA has initiated an education project at Zokhawthar Refugee Camp (Champhai District) which is right at the border between India and Myanmar. This education project started in May 2022 and now has around 111 children from Zokhawthar refugee camp. The aim of the project is to help children to adapt to education while they take refuge in Mizoram state and also prepare them for their eventual return by teaching Burmese, local (Chin) dialects and English. H4FA sends monthly payments to pay teachers, stationary and pay for any other necessities for the running of the school. The school is run by local volunteers with the support of H4FA. Our trustee Mr. Bertie Lawson has visited the school in November 2022.

H4FA’s Phoenix Refugee Primary School

Phoenix School was recently established to educate the displaced children/students from the Chin community in western Myanmar.

Recently Levison Wood, Alex Bescoby and some of our Trustees have been to Burma to film Phoenix School. It is an especially emotional 10 minute film and we suggest very rewarding.

Gratitude From The Grant Distributor

GB IDP Teacher Appreciation

Help for Forgotten Allies (H4FA), a charity formed to help Burmese veterans who served with Britain in WW2.  Sadly, there are only a few veterans left now in their late 90s and 100s.

However, they have asked us to help their descendants who, especially since 2021, have had to flee Myanmar from the military Junta and seek shelter in Mizoram in India and the Thai Burmese Border.

Phoenix School was recently established to educate the displaced children/students from the Chin community in western Myanmar.

 

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