After Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, severe repression followed, with brutal crackdowns on protests, civilian deaths, mass arrests, human rights abuses, economic instability, and worsening humanitarian crisis, affecting millions.
Why helping Myanmar?
In 2024 I came back from an unforgettable journey visiting Yangon, Mandalay, and Bagan. My mission is to make more people aware of the situation while trying to help as much as I can.
Up until today, not one NGO can be transparent about the activities they are doing. The military’s repressive measures hindered humanitarian aid, disrupted services, and limited NGOs’ ability to support vulnerable populations. This is worsening the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Nowadays, it is not possible to help people in Myanmar without any risks. This is the reason why some of the pictures under the “Progress” tab are blurred.
The civil war explained in 5 minutes by Sky News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3oh_–FS8
We can not stop war but we can help people in need!
Due to the war, millions of people had to flee and lost their homes. Many people are living in poor conditions without clean drinking water and no electricity. Most Burmese are living in fear and sometimes desperately need to move into refugee camps.
Let me introduce you to Julien Desilets
Julien is from Canadian descent, living near the Burmese border in Thailand. For more than 20 years, he amongst himself with people around the Burmese/Thai border.
He is now using a lot of his time trying to help the villages just across the border in Myanmar and the refugee camps on the Thai side. This is very important because there are very limited supplies going into the camps and villages. The places he supports have one thing in common. They all need rice due to a bad harvest year, and stationery supplies for the schools.
After my previous visit to Myanmar I’ve collected $1353.-USD and with most of this fund we’ve helped a small community near Yangon, Myanmar. With over $1100 USD we were able to give some people a new home, arrange solar power, make sure they have enough rice during rain season.
I guaranty that 100% of the donations are going directly to the people who needs it the most. Now, with the rest of the donations, I team up with Julien, focusing on supplying stationary and rice to one of the biggest refugee camps in Thailand.
~The rice bags we’re buying are roughly $30USD each weigh 45 KG/100 lbs~
Any amount is useful as one dollar can already feed a whole family for a day.
I’ll be able to publish every single donation from you down below to be transparent. Later in 2025 Julien and I will go on another trip to one of the refugee camps in Thailand to create another video to show what impact you’ve made with your donation. It’s also possible to visit Julien at his homestay, so you can go to some of the refugee camps yourself and help directly. You can contact Julien for more info HERE. Also, volunteers/teachers are needed for the schools at the refugee camps. Please reach out to us.
I will take 0% profit of any donations. All donations to my PayPal account mentioning MYANMAR will be used to make a donation to one of the biggest Burmese/Karon refugee camps in Thailand.
I want to thank you on behalf of the Burmese and Karon people for your donations.
Please do not forget to message “Myanmar” when donating.
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List of support towards the people in need:
Date: | Name: | Amount in USD: | Transaction by: | Netto Donation: |
May-28-‘24 | Changnoi 🏆 | 25 | BuyMeACoffee | 22.2 |
May-28-‘24 | Was O | 5 | BuyMeACoffee | 4.4 |
May~’24 | Edwin M | 25 | Super Thanks | 17.14 |
May~’24 | Mike s | 25 | Super Thanks | 17.14 |
May-29-‘24 | Hendrik De K | ≈ 11 | PayPal | 11 |
May-30’24 | Jeff T | 5 | BuyMeACoffee | 4.4 |
May-30’24 | Sithu | 5 | BuyMeACoffee | 4.4 |
May-30’24 | JPF@Anonymous | 5 | BuyMeACoffee | 4.4 |
May-30’24 | Matic P | 10 | BuyMeACoffee | 8.8 |
May-30-‘24 | Bonnie L | ≈ 56.22 | PayPal | 56.22 |
May-30-‘24 | Natalie W | ≈ 54 | PayPal | 54 |
May-30-‘24 | Prasar Moeun | ≈ 108 | PayPal | 108 |
May-30-‘24 | Thike Tun | ≈ 31.67 | PayPal | 31.67 |
May-30-‘24 | Ryan K | ≈ 12.70 | PayPal | 12.70 |
May-30-‘24 | Hnin E S Y | ≈ 11.05 | PayPal | 10.07 |
May-30-‘24 | Αw Η H | ≈ 5.42 | PayPal | 5.42 |
May-30-‘24 | Jolien P | ≈ 54.21 | Paypal | 54.21 |
May-31-‘24 | Heidi H | ≈ 54.21 | PayPal | 54.21 |
May-31-‘24 | Birgit T | ≈ 10.84 | PayPal | 10.84 |
May-31-‘24 | Dialogplus.nrw | ≈ 16.26 | PayPal | 16.26 |
May-31-‘24 | Danny K | 20 | PayPal | 19.19 |
May~’24 | Raymond L | 10 | Super Thanks | 6.86 |
May~’24 | Doo M | 6.5 | Super Thanks | 4.46 |
Jun-01-‘24 | Lionel F | 20 | PayPal | 19.02 |
Jun-02-‘24 | Gary C W | ≈12.26 | PayPal | 12.26 |
Jun-04-‘24 | Wee K L | ≈90.22 | PayPal | 90.22 |
Jun-05-’24 | Petra F | ≈21.76 | PayPal | 21.76 |
Jun-05-’24 | Hnin T | ≈95.76 | PayPal | 95.76 |
Jun-05-’24 | Connie L 🏆 | ≈31.86 | PayPal | 31.86 |
Jun-06-‘24 | Khine W T | ≈54.43 | PayPal | 51.11 |
Jun-07-’24 | Yolande P | ≈42.87 | PayPal | 41.04 |
Jun-14-‘24 | John H | ≈48.57 | PayPal | 48.57 |
Jun-18-‘24 | Armand L | ≈26.74 | PayPal | 25.46 |
Jun-23-‘24 | Yun Y N | ≈42.79 | PayPal | 42.79 |
Jul-01-‘24 | Tran L | ≈22.38 | PayPal | 22.38 |
Jul-07-‘24 | Cristian D | ≈10.87 | PayPal | 10.87 |
Jul-23-‘24 | Wim T | ≈13.93 | PayPal | 13.93 |
Aug-06-‘24 | Florian E | ≈11.44 | PayPal | 11.44 |
Aug-23-‘24 | Khaing T | ≈14.38 | PayPal | 14.38 |
Aug-27-‘24 | Leonard L | ≈47.87 | PayPal | 47.87 |
Aug-31-‘24 | Nam N | ≈47.81 | PayPal | 47.81 |
Sep-02-‘24 | Paul S | ≈64.54 | PayPal | 60.97 |
Sep-04-‘24 | Nathan L A | ≈50 | PayPal | 44.70 |
Oct-04-‘24 | Paul S | ≈64.54 | PayPal | 60.97 |
New Donations from February 2025 onwards:
Date: | Name: | Amount in USD: | Transaction by: | Netto Donation: |
Feb-06-’25 | Seyed K M N Z | ≈47.58 | PayPal | 44.65 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Jason F | ≈22.66 | PayPal | 19.19 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Gerrit B | ≈10.30 | PayPal | 10.30 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Florian B | ≈20.66 | PayPal | 20.66 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Win T | ≈30.11 | PayPal | 30.11 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Göker🏆 | ≈25.83 | Super Thanks` | 17.71 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Er Ic | ≈5.01 | Super Thanks | 3.50 |
Feb-08-‘25 | Kyle M | 9.99 | Super Thanks | 6.85 |
Feb-09-‘25 | Keneth | ≈62.70 | Super Thanks | 42.99 |
Feb-09-‘25 | Kim 0 | ≈6.19 | Super Thanks | 4.24 |
Feb-09-‘25 | Joakim | ≈10.30 | Super Thanks | 7.06 |
Feb-10-‘25 | Leonardo | 25 | BuyMeACoffee | 23.97 |
Feb-11-‘25 | Sheikh M A | ≈52.48 | PayPal | 49.28 |
Feb-15-‘25 | Thang M | ≈5.75 | PayPal | 5.08 |
Feb-16-‘25 | Non C | ≈1.35 | Super Thanks | 0.93 |
Feb-16-‘25 | Khin P | ≈1.71 | Super Thanks | 1.17 |
Feb-16-‘25 | Samuel L | ≈21.09 | PayPal | 21.09 |
Feb 17-‘25 | Soe W | ≈5.23 | SuperThanks | 3.59 |
Feb 19-‘25 | Hnin Thwe | ≈47.83 | PayPal | 47.83 |
Feb-19-‘25 | Zinhan W | ≈3.10 | Super Thanks | 2.13 |
Feb-24-‘25 | Aye A | ≈ 6.00 | PayPal | 6.00 |
Feb-26-‘25 | Niramon G | ≈28.41 | PayPal | 26.51 |
Feb-27-‘25 | Hai P | ≈ 6.61 | PayPal | 6.61 |
Feb-28-‘25 | Narnian R | 10.- | Super Thanks` | 6,86 |
Netto donation explained:
PayPal (best rates) various. Start from 0%
BuyMeACoffee 5% + ≈ 7% conversion rate
Via Super Thanks YouTube will take a big cut of ≈31,44%
To see what progress we made so far…
