See below to learn more about our past programs:
Uganda
This fundraising project was focused on supporting The Peace School in Uganda started and run by the Ugandan Buddhism monk, Bhante Buddharakita, at his Uganda Buddhist Centre. Providing meals and education to its 36 students, the Peace School had plans to expand by buying land and building a primary school to serve older students.
Burma/Myanmar
Insight World Aid is excited to have funded two teachers’ full-year salaries at Metta Yuwar School, located at Kyaikalo Paya, Mingaladon Tsp., Yangon Division in Burma (Myanmar).
The Theravada nuns who operate this school provide children with education and care, giving them alternatives to lives of extreme deprivation. Our partners Metta in Action have aided us by assessing the schools’ impact in providing children who would otherwise struggle to meet basic needs with schooling and sustenance.
Cambodia
In early 2013, Insight World Aid volunteers traveled to Cambodia for two weeks to provide medical and humanitarian aid to impoverished Cambodians.
We worked in temporary free clinics and at an orphanage in Takeo Province for one week. IWA volunteers joined the third annual mission of the Cambodian Health Professionals Association of America (CHPAA, http://www.chpaa.org) who provided all of the logistical support: transportation, room and board, medical and dental supplies, clinic sites, translators, tours, etc.
In addition to our work supporting underprivileged Cambodians, we traveled in Cambodia, visiting the historic ruins at Angkor Wat. We had daily meditation sessions and meditated at a Cambodian Buddhist monastery. Our volunteer work and sightseeing was be guided by Insight and metta (lovingkindness) meditation practices.
You can read about our experiences on this mission in this essay by Christine Bitonti: CHPAA Medical Mission to Cambodia—February/March, 2013. Download pdf.
San Francisco Bay Area, US
Members of IWA participated in local health and wellness fairs. This involved collaboration with other organizations (Tzu Chi, Project Homeless Connect, and Remote Area Medical).
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