English: The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Myanmar sponsored 250 portions of lunch meal at the Bogyok Street Nature Meditation Center in That Yet Taw Monastery, Yangon City on January 17, 2022, the last full moon day according to Taiwan’s Lunar Calendar. Those less privileged monks, relatives of the two hospitals in the neighborhood, residents are welcome to collect a portion of lunch meal which contains potato, duck egg, dried fish and shrimps, soup, etc.

Pandemic and political crisis could result in half of Myanmar’s population living in poverty by 2022, the United Nations Development Program forecasted. Charity facilities in Myanmar in recent months have requested proper donations as they are encountering financial difficulties accommodating influx of less privileged people, especially orphans from all over the country. We have witnessed recently quite a few new charity meal providers are already in operation offering free or low-cost meals to the needy people in different places and they are overwhelmed with the number of those in need.

Ambassador Charles Li of the TECC in Myanmar mobilized the resource of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar, its members and those in Thailand in November 2021 to distribute food stuff to 5 orphanages, monasteries and schools, besides those making donations all the time to charities anonymously over the years. The goodwill and humanitarian relief efforts by the Taiwanese really touch Myanmar people’s hearts. The TECC in Myanmar is committed to sponsoring more free meals in Myanmar around the period of Lunar New year to the needy people and help them overcome the pandemic and social hardship. All Taiwanese living in Myanmar are helping to relieve the hardships of low-income people.