Children in Myanmar become Buddhist nuns to escape conflict and find a better future

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Myanmar’s Mingalar Thaikti nunnery has become home to 66 girls, aged between four and 18 from the Palaung ethnic group.The girls are from the eastern Shan State, where there are ongoing conflicts between local rebel groups and Myanmar’s military. Dhama Theingi, one of the girls, dreams of becoming an engineer as she studies for her secondary school exam at the monastery. Two days a week, after rising for dawn prayers, she hits Yangon’s streets collecting alms –spoonfuls of uncooked rice or small change.A growing number of children have been seeking refuge in monasteries as a result of conflict in the country, with nearly 18,000 child nuns and novice monks attending monastic schools in Yangon alone in 2019.

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