Thabarwa Centre ... One Huge Family

Information on Thabarwa Residents



General Information on Thabarwa Residents 
Total number of residents  :  2476
Monks (sangha)  :  310
Novices  :  27
Nuns  :  268

Men  :  767
Women  :  1074
Permanent Volunteer  :  30 (drivers, cooks and maintenance staff)



Age 60 and older  :  808
Infirm  :  more than 620
Children  :  30
Volunteers  :  140
Meditators (yogis)  :  1100

Number of people who died in the Center  :  473

Construction workforce and displaced families  :  more than 320
(not included/counted in Centre’s permanent resident population)




Detailed Information on Thabarwa Residents
Total number of Patients  :  more than 620
Bedridden  :  130 (completely bedridden and totally dependent.)
Physically disabled  :  more than 180
Vision impaired  :  12
Mental patients  :  44
Deaf and mute  :  1
Polio  :  5
Diabetes  :  100
Stroke  :  92
Cancer  :  4
HIV positive  :  27
Tuberculosis (TB)  :  31
HIV positive with TB  :  4




Daily Cost for Food 

Most basic breakfast and lunch  :  USD600


Special Breakfast
Traditional fish noddles (Mohinga)  :  USD700
Traditional coconut milk noddles  :  USD800
Rice porridge with milk or chicken  :  USD110.

Special Lunch
Basic breakfast and lunch with chicken dish  :  :  USD1400
Basic breakfast and lunch with fish dish  :  USD1050
Basic breakfast and lunch with egg dish  :  USD800.




Information on Thabarwa Halls 
Total area of Thabarwa Centre (ThanLyin)  :  58 acres
Number of buildings  :  112
Dormitories  :  42
Single yogi halls  :  29
Meditation halls  :  3 + 1 (foreigner meditation hall still under construction)
Clinics buildings  :  3 (1 Traditional Myanmar medicine, 1 dental clinic, 1 western medicine clinic)
High Dependency Halls  :  4 + 1 (still under construction)
Hospitals  :  2 (6storey 1 + 4storey 1, both are under construction)
Schools  :  2 (1 for Novices and 1 for young nuns)
Library  :  1

Kitchens and dinning halls  :  3
Public toilets  :  6




Information on 15ft Thanlyin Goodwill Village
(15 minute walk from Thabarwa Center)
Total land area  :  28 acres
Total population  :  more than 10,000 (2,500 families)
Age 35 years old and above  :  4600
Age 18 to 35 years old  :  1500
Students  :  765
Children not in school  :  1900
Housing units (huts)  :  2450
Schools  :  1
Hospitals/clinics  :  0
Community halls  :  0
Multipurpose hall  :  1 (present function: school)
Market  :  1 (small shops: 192)
Public toilets  :  126



Information on ThitNiPin Goodwill Village Hlegu
Total population  :  about 800 families and growing