May Tha Hla

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Daw May Tha Hla is an Anglo-Burmese psychologist and activist. She is co-founder of the NGO Helping The Burmese Delta (HTBD).

Biography

Tha Hla was born in Yangon, Myanmar. She left Myanmar with her family when she was aged 14 and settled in the UK. [1]

Tha Hla studied psychology at the University of Warwick. [1] [2] After graduating, she worked as a Prison Psychologist in HM Prison Service. [3]

After the devastation of Clyclone Nargis in 2008, Tha Hla raised money to provide food supplies and donated to relief organisers including senior monks, an orphanage and a medical team. [4] Tha Hla then co-founded of the NGO Helping The Burmese Delta (HTBD) with her husband Professor Jon Wilkinson, [1] [5] [6] which works building elementary schools and providing access to safe drinking water in the remote Ayeyarwaddy division. [7]

Tha Hla is also chairwoman of The Britain-Burma Society [3] and is a trustee of the eTekkatho Foundation. [8]

In 2023, Tha Hla was named a BBC 100 Woman. [9] Tha Hla and her husband have also been honoured with the Points of Light award, awarded by British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The HTBD team, trustees, donors, and partners". Helping the Burmese Delta. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. ↑ WarwickLondonAlumni (30 January 2014). PechaKucha # -8 - May on Connection betweem Burma & Warwick . Retrieved 9 September 2025– via YouTube.
  3. 1 2 "Meet the Committee". The Britain-Burma Society. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chiswick Woman Leads Aid Mission to Burma". Chiswickw4. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 McBride, Jake (26 February 2020). "Helping the Burmese Delta". Points of Light, Prime Ministers Office, 10 Downing Street. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "ဗမာမြစ်ဝကျွန်းပေါ်ဒေသကိုကူညီခြင်". The Myanmar and British Association (MABA). Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Outlook, New Schools for the Burmese Delta". BBC World Service. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Our Team". tekkatho-foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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