Meet your guide and team at the starting point. Get a short briefing about the program and the importance of nutrition for local children.
See what it’s like to be a milkman and help give nutrition to local kids.
With widespread poverty around the country, many households continue to lack food security, leading to unbalanced diets and poor nutrition especially for growing infants and children. The issue at hand for the children is the access to nutrition of good quality, especially that of protein. With fresh meat being too expensive for the families to afford, they are forced to consume week old meat, leading to higher incidences of bacterial infections.
Meet your guide and team at the starting point. Get a short briefing about the program and the importance of nutrition for local children.
Hands-on workshop: learn how to prepare fresh soy milk — from soaking and grinding the beans to cooking and straining the milk.
Set off with the soy milk truck. Ride along with the team as you deliver warm, nutritious soy milk to children in the nearby slum communities.
Interact with the kids, help serve the milk, and take in a glimpse of daily life away from the city center.
Return to the starting point. Wrap up with reflections on your experience and how it contributes to better nutrition for the community.
YWAM stands for Youths with a Mission. They are an organisation that aims to reach out and tackle the needs of the poor. They have been serving the community through various means in hopes that the lives of the people can be improved. The team has come up with a host of projects to try and tackle the ever-present issue of poverty. Their hope is that one day Myanmar will be developed into a first world nation, liberating those trapped in the cycle of poverty.
A: Transport to and from your hotel and insurance are not included.
A: The tour is conducted in English.
A: The group size is limited to 1 to 4 people for a more personalized experience.