In 2011, EF started our first project in Burma. This project is located in the northern autonomous state named Kachin. This state endured 30 years of civil unrest caused by internal political strife. Along with few other autonomous states, Kachin has been fighting a civil war with the Burmese government. This has caused tremendous civil unrest, extreme poverty, illegal drug trafficking , and deterioration in various social sectors such as healthcare and education. One can just imagine the difficult standards they live by each day when you hear that the entire city in which they live in went without electricity for one whole year in 2009. These kind of conditions breed injustice and exploitation of the weakest in every society: children.

But God is the father to the fatherless and the defender of the weak, and has faithfully raised up His people to advocate His cause. Ms. Thu Lum has answered Gods call and has scrapped up what she can and started a ministry in Mai Ja Yang city which is a border town near China-Burma border in Kachin State. On June 10, 2007, she started Shapan Boarder Orphanage to provide Christian care for children who has been orphaned or extremely marginalized by poverty. For the last 4 years, it has been struggling to keep it's doors open and we consider it a miracle that it is still open until this day.

When God brought us together, we felt like a partnership made in heaven. In our partnership, Elijah Foundation will support Shapan Orphanage's full-operation of it's day to day activities (food, education, clothing, spiritual care etc.) and will also advocate and raise awareness for it's ministries and projects. They currently have 36 children and 4 staff at Shapn Boarder Orphanage.

Shapan Orphanage currently has 36 children. Please pray for our children especially as fighting goes on between Kachin Army and the Burmese Army.

At Shapan we have 4 staff and few helpers. Please keep them in your prayers!

Shapan Orphanage is located East of Myitkyina and borders China.