In the fall of 2013, END7 donors contributed $27,000 toward an ambitious national mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis and intestinal worms. During the MDA, citizens across 36 districts in Myanmar were treated for NTDs.

Volunteer filmmakers Join the Lights came with us to Myanmar, where we met seven-year-old Pwint Yamone Thin. In many ways, Pwint Yamone Thin is your average seven-year-old girl — full of smiles and giggles. But like millions of other children in the country, intestinal worms have the potential to sap her contagious energy, delay her physical and intellectual growth, and leave her malnourished and weak. But thanks to Myanmar’s campaign, Pwint Yamone Thin and millions of other children were treated for intestinal worms. 

END7 donations supported several meetings and trainings to help the Ministry of Health prepare for this country-wide MDA; 4,224 health staff and 91,025 community health workers and volunteers distributed NTD medicine to 36 million people across the country and spread the word about how to avoid getting infected. Donations from END7 supporters also helped transport essential drugs to several townships in hard-to-reach regions.