MAGWAY----The fifth Waso robe-offering ceremony of the Eleven Media Group took place yesterday morning at Pwinttauk village monastery in Sidoktaya Township, Magway Region, where the whole population was evacuated due to the floods in the Mone Creek in 2015.

In late July 2015, heavy rain caused floods in the creek washing away the pagodas, the village monastery, schools and homes in Pwinttauk Village. All the villagers were evacuated to a hill to the southwest of the village. At that time, the EMG and other public well-wishers donated over 500 bags of rice, cooking oil and other consumer goods to the flood victims.

Moreover, the EMG built and donated a reinforced concrete monastery worth Ks100 million with the aim of providing shelter for the villagers in times of natural disaster. Waso and Kathina robe offering ceremonies are yearly held at the village monastery, and it has been the fifth ceremony this year.

“We are very grateful to the EMG staff families and other public well-wishers for donating rice and cooking oil when our village was flooded, building a new monastery and making donations every year. For your noble donations of Waso robes every year, I wish you all prosperity and protection from any disaster,” said U Visoddha, abbot of the village monastery.

EMG staff families also donated a bronze Buddha statue, a throne, twenty eight Buddha statues and an ordination hall.

At the fifth ceremony, 20 monks from Pwinttauk Village and surrounding villages were offered Waso robes and alms. Foods were also provided to the village people.