For the last 40-plus years I have dedicated my life to planning healthcare facilities in the USA and in other countries.
Since February, 2010 I have dedicated my mission-based career to helping the people who live in rural Myanmar take charge and build their own their own healthcare services and facilities.
Myanmar is just coming out of the their political isolation from the rest of the world in an effort to build a lasting democracy and achieve peace among the people and the international community.
I do not believe that the war-based word “peace” can ever be attained through killing. I believe that peace can only be attained through caring.
The people of Myanmar deserve peace.
The charge of the Care for Peace non-profit organization is to help them attain peace through caring.
While the idea of a company named “Care for Peace” began in Nigeria in 2008 where it was evident the African country needed both, it was only the opportunity presented by U Hla Kyi, Regional Director and Founder of Care for Peace – Myanmar when the name was affixed to the title and purpose of an organization.
This blog will be a place for me to share the goings-on of Care for Peace: our activities in Myanmar; our fundraising efforts here in the USA, in Myanmar and internationally; our amazing partners in Myanmar; and to witness the evolution of an opportunity to help others build their own healthcare systems, services and facilities by taking advantage of all that we have learned – the successes, failures and near-misses – in the spirit of caring… for peace.
Peace is the highest accomplishment of the human spirit. It must be.
We wish for peace.
“Give peace a chance” – John Lennon’s song of hope for mankind
We want peace for others
“Peace be with you” – a blessing
“Go in peace” – comfort words to a traveler
We give the most coveted award in the world for peace:
The Nobel Peace Prize – the highest medal of honor bestowed on an individual or group
And we wish the dead to continue living in peace.
“Rest in peace” – the most oft-used letters on tombstones everywhere
Caring is what makes the process of attaining peace worthwhile. It must be.
Caring is the deliberate act of attending to your duty with a desire to do well and to secure the best results of your actions.
Care is when you put your heart, soul, expertise and attention into your hands.
Caring requires one to simultaneously focus on the current conditions and the desired outcomes of your actions.
Caring is and end of itself.
Satisfaction of accomplishing and accomplishment is the result of having been careful.
To care for peace is to choose the process of caring as the method by which you will attain living and lasting peace. It must be.
The name says it all:
“Care for peace” is a directive:
Care with your heart, head and hands
“Care for peace” is a roadmap:
Through “care” you can attain “peace”
“Care for peace” is the starting point:
If you “care” you can attain “peace”
“Care for peace” is the route:
The path to “peace” is through “caring”
And “care for peace” is the destination:
If you “care” about “peace” then “caring” will get you there.
When you reach “peace” through “care” you have arrived at your destination
“Care for peace” on a personal level is then converted to what Care for Peace means on an organizational level which begins by identifying who we are caring for: the children of Myanmar.