U Win Tin, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, speaks with The Best Friend about unity, Panglong, and the young generation

“The DBU officially stands behind the Burmese monks petition.” – Board of the Deutsche Buddhistische Union (DBU) Currently, there are 57 member-groups of the DBU, some of them having many branches all over Germany. For a list of all member-groups (in German), please have a closer look at the DBU page >> Support the monks’ [...]

Last October we started our “Teddies for the Children on the Rubbish Dump” action. It started with two woman in Germany knitting teddies and soon more woman joined in and we got support from France, Ireland and Austria. We want to say a big THANK YOU for your great support!

Now that we have all had some time to get used to this new year, we would like to update you about what is going on with Burma-related events in the next few weeks at The Best Friend Library and in Chiang Mai!

Two Italian charity organizations, Karuna and Krio Hirundo, have started helping Burmese immigrants and refugees in Maesot. Karuna Association is a Buddhist volunteer’s association, founded by inspiration of Ashin Mahapannya who has a small temple in Lerici, Italy.

“Società Libera supports the Monks’ call in all its points, believing that freedom is a fundamental right that has no boundaries.” Vincenzo Olita – Direttore Support the monks call for help more >>