# ADVANCE MYANMAR LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1139662
- **Other names:** LEARNBURMA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07368015](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07368015)
- **Registered:** Jan. 4, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1139662


## Contact

- **Address:** 110, The Bon Marche Centre, 241-251 Ferndale Road, London
- **Phone:** 020 3095 1991
- **Email:** info@advancemyanmar.org
- **Website:** http://www.advancemyanmar.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH BURMA-FOCUSED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL, IN PARTICULAR, ENABLE THEM TO INVESTIGATE, QUESTION AND EVALUATE THE SITUATION IN BURMA. 2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE BURMESE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 3. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA. 4. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN BURMA AND OF REFUGEES FROM BURMA. 5. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF BURMA’S MANY CULTURES, HERITAGE AND ARTS. 6. TO ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT THAT SUPPORTS PEOPLE FROM BURMA.

**Activities:** Advance Myanmar works with grassroots organisations to promote change. Advance Myanmar is founded and run by a team of people with decades of experience of the humanitarian and human rights situation in Myanmar/Burma. We provide humanitarian assistance at times of crisis, but also assist local communities to promote positive change to tackle the root causes of those crises.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Thailand
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Bwa Bwa Phan |  | July 24, 2017 |
| Eileen Seymour |  | Dec. 13, 2023 |
| JENNIFER HOLROYD |  | March 25, 2016 |
| Jack Dunford |  | Dec. 13, 2023 |
| Wai Hnin Pwint Thon |  | Sept. 17, 2024 |




