Myanmar Christian Fellowship of the Blind

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Myanmar Christian Fellowship of the Blind
Founder(s)	Rev. U Thein Lwin ?
Type	Non-profit Organization and school
Founded	1975
Headquarters	(Kawaichan), Yangon, Myanmar, and Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar
Key people	Rev U Thein Lwin, (General Secretary), Saya Saw Thaung Kyi, Executive secretary of (Evangelism)
Focus	Well-being of all blind people, especially children aged from 5 to 25 no matter sex, race or religion
Revenue	?
Employees	?
Slogan	Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
Website	www.mcfblind.com/index.htm

Myanmar Christian Fellowship of the Blind, founded in 1975^[1] is a non-profit organization that organized schools for the purpose of well-being of the Blind Christian in Myanmar.

[edit] History

MCFB was founded with 14 blind Christians in Myanmar in August 4th, 1975 by the mission of Yangon city church.

Its missions are along with

Printing and Production Of Braille Books
Production of talking books for the blind
Bible Training Course
Job Placement Training
Parents Training on (How to raise a blind child)
Capacity Building ( for staff )

While the school campus in Yangon was developed, the Myitkyina education centre for the Blind was also opened by the missions of MCFB in 1980. Admissions are checked through blind children aged five to twenty five (was fourteen at the earlier time), but it was allowed from all backgrounds of sex, race or religion^[2]. Its activities comprising the competition of all sports game for disable in Myanmar Blind Schools, training, refresher welcome, celebration of MCFB day, music and arts performance, community exchange program, and so on. To date, Myitkyina education centre had admitted 75 blind children (2007) while Yangon education centre with a total of 152 in 2006.

[edit] Departments

1. Christian Education and Evangelism Department. 2. Communication, Information and Teaching Aids Production Department 3. Rehabilitation and Placement Department. 4. Yangon Education Centre for the Blind. 5. Myitkyina Education Centre for the Blind.