
Virtual Event
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Fundraising for Myanmar
Virtual Event
27th Mar, 2021 – 30th Apr, 2021
Total: € 3,112.50 raised with 100 donations










Time of class (CET) | Type of class | Teacher(s) |
08.00 – 08.50 | OPENING CEREMONY Gayatri mantra and Silent Sitting for Myanmar | Nigam, Anoshe and Samadhi Selena in Australia |
09.00 – 09.50 | Yin/Yang Yoga | Anoshe Overington |
10.00 -10.55 | Yin/Yang Yoga | Barbara van Norden |
10.00 – 10.50 | Buddhist Dharmatalk and meditation for Dana | Ciska Matthes |
11.00 – 11.50 | Kinderyoga | Sanne Bredt |
11.00 – 11.50 | Pranayama | Noor Palazzi |
12.00 – 13.00 | Chakra Yoga | Indra Bose |
13.00 – 13.50 | Compassion Meditation | Cecile Mertens |
13.00 – 13.50 | Slow Flow Yoga | Marije Heitlager |
14.00 – 14.50 | Vinyasa Yoga | Diana Eling |
15.00 – 15.50 | Chi Gong | Ria van Leeuwen |
16.00 – 16.50 | Meditation and Kriya | Nigam Overington |
17.00 -17.50 | Yin/Yang Yoga | Antoinette Lazova |
18.00 – 18.50 | Theatre from London: Shakespeare and much more | Luke Farrugia |
19.00 – 19.50 | Yin Yoga | Anoshe Overington |
20.00 – 20.50 | Live Music: Chanting | Dragana Matic |
Listen to Dragana via Spotify
We could not organize this event is without the help of our wonderful friends and fellow teachers. They introduce their classes below:











Op deze bijzondere dag waarbij we onze krachten en energie bundelen voor de mensen in Myanmar gaat de online ouder & kind yoga les van 11.00-11.50 uur in het teken van verbinding. Met jezelf en met elkaar. Yoga samen met je kind. Dat is een waardevol moment van samen bewegen, samen plezier, samen in balans, samen ademen, samen stil zijn, samen verbinden. Ervaring is niet nodig. Iedereen kan meedoen. Dus nodig gerust vrienden, familie, je buren uit. Zo kan yoga (ontspanning, rust & verbinding) in vele huizen & harten binnenkomen. Met vrede voor Myanmar en overal ter wereld in gedachten. ‘May our thoughts, words and actions contribute to a positive world.
So all living beings live happy & free.’ Sanne Bredt, http://www.dekinderyogatuin.nl

THE ACTORS

ELEANOR WILKINSON
Eleanor is a graduate actor based in Suffolk, UK. Since graduating, she has been able to perform Shakespeare in Lockdown with ‘The Show Must Go Online’, Crew of Patches (Bottom) and currently performing as Henry V for Temporal Horizons Theatre.
VICTORIA GARTNER
Victoria Gartner is a Swiss-Ukrainian multi award-nominated writer, director and teacher. She founded Will & Co theatre company in 2015, with the wish to make Shakespeare more accessible to all. Her latest project, Bard in the Yard, was born out of the Covid-19 quarantine and was performed in the UK to high acclaim, as reported by de Volkskrant. It is back this year for a new season, both in the UK and in the Netherlands.
ROSANNA TURNER
Rosanna Turner is a recent drama school Graduate who specialises in Shakespeare and writing and performing comedy. Before going to drama school she took her one woman play to the Edinburgh fringe and can’t wait for live theatre to be back!
KIT MCGUIRE
Kit McGuire is a London-based actor and writer originally from the Bard’s own hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. They’ve performed in the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, with Will and Co. in Bard in the Yard, and thanks to 2020 they’ve been inducted in the art of Zoom Shakespearing as well.
LAURA COOPER-JONES
Laura is an actor that graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatuire in 2020. She is currently self-represented and has recently appeared in Series 2 of Bard from the Barn for The Barn Theatre as well as appearing in recent short films The New Boyfriend directed by Clifford Milner and SOUR directed by Natalya Mykhaylyuk.

LUKE FARRUGIA
Maltese born, London based actor. Trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and has been in a multitude of touring shows in the UK and Europe. Was last seen in The Bard in the Yard which was featured in the de Volkskrant.

JOANNA NEVIN
Joanna trained at Drama Centre, London. Her recent credits include Ruth in online drama About 500 (a finalist in the 2021 OnComm Awards), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (UK tour), Sandra in Love, Love, Love (Theatro Technis), Emily Brontë in Brontë (Gatehouse Theatre), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (in rep at the Ashcroft Theatre), Lily Byrne in A Man of No Importance (Union Theatre and Arts Theatre), Elizabeth in The Legend of Lola Montez (UK tour) and Lisa in The Love Shack (Theatro Technis). She also works as an Education Practitioner at Shakespeare’s Globe.

PAUL WILLCOCKS
Paul is an actor-teacher and has appeared as a number of Shakespeare characters including Caliban at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fabian at the Young Vic and Bottom in a Birmingham carpark! This is his first of his SS’s characters on zoom!

OLIVER LYNDON
Oliver graduated from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2019, originally from Cambridge, he now lives in east London and produces his own work for theatre FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITUATION IN MYANMAR, THE WAY THE FUNDS WILL BE HANDED OVER AND SPENTTo raise funds to support the people on the ground in Myanmar
Since the military coup in February 1st 2021, millions of Myanmar civilians have been thrown into chaos, subjected to shootings, violence, and daily campaigns of fear by police/armed forces. Millions of people have elected to take part in peaceful protests to stand up for their human rights and freedom. Over 60 people have been killed by gun shot across the country while peacefully demonstrating on the roads. 20 of those were killed by shots to the head by snipers. 1,939 people have been arrested, charged or sentenced with 1,620 of these still in detention or have outstanding warrants. Those released were only done so with a ransom fee being paid (AAPP Burma as of 9th March 2021.) Most people detained are youth, and if they are detained with injuries, they are denied medical treatment. There are some protesters and citizens who have disappeared and cannot traced at this point. Samadhi Selena Marr has worked in Myanmar since 2008 and has lived there for five years out of the last thirteen. She is an aid worker and consultant for various development and humanitarian agencies. See LinkedIn profile here. www.linkedin.com/in/samadhi-marr-b4bb0548. She has a Myanmar ‘family’ and many friends living through this dark time in Myanmar. Samadhi currently lives in Australia. We would like to raise money to support the people of Myanmar through Samadhi’s friends and colleagues. Activities will be carried out by Samadhi and her Myanmar team voluntarily. There will be no staff or human resource costs. There is a network of friends, across Myanmar who can deliver cash and goods despite the bank system being closed at present.How will the funds be spent?
Update March 23: As you may know the situation in Myanmar is continuing to deteriorate. We have had to review our strategy to send funds to our local Myanmar contacts. It has become more difficult for people to move around and to access goods for distribution. To solve this issue, we have found a wonderful local organisation delivering assistance during this crisis: “Mutual Aid Myanmar”. They are doing what we had planned to do, but with a wider network across the country. They are backed by an established and registered charity in the USA. Mutual Aid Myanmar supports students, civil servants, nurses, and others participating in the civil disobedience movement (CDM). In order to sustain the movement, they provide food, healthcare and housing to these groups. They are distributing through anonymous partners all across the country. The full amount donated goes directly to supporting the people of Myanmar. We will channel all past and future donations through to Mutual Aid Myanmar. You can read more about their current work here: https://www.mutualaidmyanmar.org-
Vulnerable families in neighbourhoods across Myanmar
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Families who are undertaking strikes for the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM)
Administration Costs
Administration costs will be minimal. Banking transfer fees and some local transport costs are the only anticipated administration costs. All human resource costs in the Netherlands, Australia and Myanmar will be on a voluntary basis. All monies raised will be held in an account and sent to Myanmar when banks reopen. Once we have raised the funds, we can pledge it to our contacts in Myanmar and they can access cash to spend the money immediately. There is an anonymous Myanmar company who will loan the money until banks reopen and we can make international transfers.Transparency
Although this is a grass roots, informal fundraising effort, we take getting the money to the right people seriously. We are also serious about reporting these efforts to you. Once the money is distributed, we will provide a written report. Where possible we will also provide photos and videos to update you as to how your donations have been spent. Please provide your email for this purpose. Currently Myanmar civil disobedience movement supporters are being arrested and violently targeted. Some have been killed. The safety of our volunteer teams is our first priority and we will not publicly reveal their names or photos. We will take interview video clips with subtitles in both Myanmar and English. For safety reasons the interviewer and distribution team will be kept anonymous. These interviews clips will not be posted on any social media or website for the safety of both partners but transferred directly to you, our donors, via email for visibility purposes. Contacts Yoga workshop questions: Anoshe,Judith: sttillnessinyoga@gmail.com … Fundraising questions: Samadhi Selena Marr selenamarr@gmail.comChallenges
Banks All banks are currently closed in Myanmar. Many banks are striking as a part of the civil disobedience movement to try and hamper the Military’s takeover. It is not clear when they will reopen. Safety of Myanmar volunteer team To protect the Myanmar friends and supporters helping to distribute the funds and food, their photos and names should not be published. Samadhi is happy to informally share stories and details of these helpers.Total: € 3,112.50 raised with 100 donations









