Project Description: During the 2011 monsoon season in Thailand and triggered by the landfall of Tropical Storm Nock-ten, severe flooding occurred and spread through the provinces of Northern, Northeastern and Central Thailand. The flooding persisted until mid-January 2012 affecting some 2.45 million people in 28 provinces, destroying more than 800,000…
Udon Thani – Wat Pa Sathatawai (Abbot Ven Acariya Boonmee Thammarato) Venerable Acariya Boonmee Thammarato, Chief Abbot, Wat Pa Sathatawai (Wat Tham Tao) Nongwuasor, Udorn thani Province. He is himself one of the outstanding and distinguished figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He is a forest monk of renown in Thailand…
Project Description: This is a project like no other anywhere in the world. Providing funeral support is not a normal kind of assistance within the agenda of NGOs carrying out charitable or welfare work. In this project, we provide financial assistance to poor families to give their dead relatives a…
Project Description: This is also a project in support of the work of the Salvation Centre Cambodia (SCC). It started in January 2013 upon the request of the SCC. FFM has agreed to support this programme on a yearly basic. (Details of what we do in this project) The SCC…
After a 3 year hiatus, FFM returned to Sri Lanka as 51 members which included 4 families and 8 youngsters departed for a 10-day pilgrimage in June 2014 . Accompanied by spiritual teachers, Venerable P. Gnanarama (fondly addressed as Bhante G), Principal of the Pali and Buddhist College in Singapore,…
During the June 2014 Pilgrimage to Sri Lanka, a few projects were identified to improve its existing facilities. Work on the projects which began the Q3 2014 reported good progress. Construction of 3 toilet cubicles behind the Dhamma Hall and installation of 2 ceiling fans and 6 wall fans have…
Project Summary: The Nuns Healthcare Fund was established to enable nuns to seek necessary medical treatment. Period: since May 2013 Project Description: FFM volunteers learnt on their visit to remote nunneries that many nuns could not afford to seek medical treatment for their various illnesses and pains. The Healthcare Fund…
Project Summary: The construction of a nuns living quarters for the nuns at Upper Chothpo Goenpa nunnery. Period: January 2014 to current (near completion) Project Description: Shedrup Choling nunnery is located in Southern Bhutan. The nearest town is Gelephu which is 11 hours drive from Thimphu, capital of Bhutan. The…
Project Summary: The construction of a two-storey building comprising of classrooms and living quarters for the nuns at Upper Chothpo Goenpa nunnery. Period: February 2013 to current (Completed in 2015) Project Description: Upper Chothpo Goenpa nunnery is located in Pemagateshel District, Eastern Bhutan and takes a three-day drive to arrive…