MCG is proud to announce that "Lazy Club" from Myanmar will be arriving in a couple of weeks for our fundraising U.S. concert tour series. The band includes burmese top famous singers: Chit Kaung, R Zarni, Tha Zin, and Zaw Paing. First kickoff show will be in Long Beach, California on Aug. 22nd, 2009 from 6-10 PM at CSULB, Karen Carpenter Performing Art Center.

After being contacted by the local people with their immediate need of clean water, a monitoring trip was made to Laputta – Thaung Du village under Myit Pauk village tract to provide financial assistance, as well as to determine what other assistance could be provided by other organizations working in that area. Before making the trip, calls were made to UNDP, UNICEF and Malteser to evaluate their arrangements for getting clean water in Laputta. A trip was carried out to see what the conditions are and what additional materials may be required. 

The study produced by leading international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders said the failure by the government to provide HIV/AIDS treatment to its people is putting the population at risk.

An estimated 240,000 people are thought to have HIV/AIDS in Myanmar with 76,000 of those people facing death unless they receive antiretroviral (ART) drug, the report published Tuesday said.