MRC holds 10th conference
The 10th annual conference of Monland Restoration Council (MRC) was successfully held in Fort Wayne, Indiana
The 10th annual conference of Monland Restoration Council
(MRC) was successfully held in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
According to the MRC source, activities and financial reports of year 2003 were evaluated and new leaders were elected by secret votes. The conference reelected Pon Nya Mon as Chairman and Rev. Dhamma Deanna as Patron member. Ong Htow Mon was elected as Secretary General while Kun Yekhha and Nai Thet Lwin were selected to lead Information Committee and Literature and Culture Committee.
The MRC has become the biggest Mon community in the overseas and built a Buddhist temple in Indiana after many refugees migrated to the USA from the safe camp in Thailand.
The Mon Women Organization of USA was recently formed at the Mon Buddhist temple last month. Over 200 Mons are now residing in Fort Wayne and more than 80 have settled in other states in the USA.
According to the MRC source, activities and financial reports of year 2003 were evaluated and new leaders were elected by secret votes. The conference reelected Pon Nya Mon as Chairman and Rev. Dhamma Deanna as Patron member. Ong Htow Mon was elected as Secretary General while Kun Yekhha and Nai Thet Lwin were selected to lead Information Committee and Literature and Culture Committee.
The MRC has become the biggest Mon community in the overseas and built a Buddhist temple in Indiana after many refugees migrated to the USA from the safe camp in Thailand.
The Mon Women Organization of USA was recently formed at the Mon Buddhist temple last month. Over 200 Mons are now residing in Fort Wayne and more than 80 have settled in other states in the USA.
