MiCaoBu is running a four-day program, from 28 February to 3 March, bringing mobile medical treatment, free of charge, to three townships in Mon State. The mobile clinic spent one day in each of its three locations, Thanbyuzayat Township, Paung Township, and Mudon Township, according to MiCaoBu chairwoman Mi Jim Thant.

This mobile medical clinic is part of MiCaoBu’s project objectives, which have at their core the objective to implement and support education and healthcare.

Mi Jim Thant said: “This project is the first project that MiCaoBu has implemented. In addition to this medical treatment project, we will later also provide knowledge and awareness through a library."

She also remarked that the mobile medical clinic will provide great benefits for those in need of healthcare, but who cannot afford to access it.

MiCaoBu’s pilot mobile clinic does not have surgeons, and as such cannot provide surgical treatment at this time. However, for the second phase of this project, MiCaoBu plans to provide surgical treatment to those in need of operations and those suffering from heart-related illnesses.

“It is the first time the project has not included senior doctors. Only doctors close to the area have been invited to provide medical treatment. With the rate of three doctors per day, MiCaoBu starts its preliminary journey,” said MiCauBu’s Mudon Township Chairperson Mi Lay Mon.

Mi Lay Mon, who is also a writer, said that the Mon Women of Prowess Organization plans to supplement this project with literature talks, while MiCauBu will also discuss ways in which to provide education to young children who should be attending school.

MiCauBu was founded in 2013 in Mawlamyine, Mon State, to provide books and stationary for Mon summer schools and to help those facing natural disasters.

The first day of MiCauBu’s pilot mobile medical clinic coincided with Mon Women’s Day, which honors the birth of renowned Mon queen MiCaoBu, born on the waxing of the 12 month of Ta-baung of the Mon/Burmese lunar calendar.