SANNI Foundation in Myanmar

The SANNI Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the education of children and youth, the fight against extreme poverty, the promotion of health and the empowerment of women. We are active where the need is greatest and sustainable help can be provided.

A great interest in people, the knowledge of the various, harrowing fates and the joy of helping and changing – this is our basis and the reason why we are committed to helping children and adults in need with the SANNI Foundation.

In Myanmar, SANNI Foundation focus on a slum area on the outskirts of Yangon city called Hlaingthayar, working in partnership with Medical Action Myanmar, a medical NGO with over 20 years experience and their dedicated directors Dr Ni Ni Tun and Dr Frank Smithuis (both formally Medicines San Frontiers). Medical Action Myanmar treats over 1.2 million people free of charge each year, thereby making a crucial contribution to basic healthcare in the country.

Dr. Ni Ni Tun & Dr. Frank Smithuis

We have several projects to support impoverished communities, focusing on young children and women:

  • Our Lotus clinic provides free health care with services such as HIV, tuberculosis, family planning, paediatric care and blindness prevention.
  • Our Child Sponsorship program provides education, food and household and hygiene items to vulnerable children. We also work with these children as they become adults to develop their employment skills to help them become independent.
  • Our Motherhouse is a special home for orphaned or abandoned children to live safely and are provided everything they need to grow up healthy, educated and ready for an exciting future.
  • Food packages
  • School packages
  • Solar panels

Current situation in Myanmar/
Our security arrangements

Despite challenging circumstances, the SANNI Foundation remains steadfast in its commitment to its projects and will continue to support particularly vulnerable and impoverished people.

SANNI Foundation is committed to all our projects and will continue supporting the extremely vulnerable and impoverished. We would like to assure a few important points about our future activities in Myanmar:

SANNI Foundation has no connection to the military or its legislative branch. SANNI has secure methods of international and domestic financial transfer to ensure the continuation of projects. We use an internationally accepted list of businesses to not purchase from and to avoid any contact or transaction with military-affiliated groups. In addition, all projects are audited to ensure the safety of staff and benefactors.

Watch this video about our Project in Myanmar.

News from Myanmar

Successfully completed projects