Abbreviation DKKF Founder Aung San Suu Kyi | Named after Khin Kyi Legal status Foundation | |
Formation 2012; 5 years ago (2012) Headquarters Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar | ||
Daw Khin Kyi Foundation (Burmese: ဒေါ်ခင်ကြည်ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်း, abbreviated DKKF) is a Burmese charitable foundation. It was set up by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2012, and is named for her mother, Khin Kyi. It works to improve the education, health and welfare of the people of Myanmar. Htin Kyaw was a leader of the foundation before his election as President of Myanmar.
The foundation runs a Hospitality and Catering Training Academy in Kawhmu Township, in Yangon Region, and runs a mobile library service which in 2014 had 8000 members.
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Daw Khin Kyi Foundation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA