The pioneer to this humanitarian cause of establishing homes for the Aged in modernMyanmar was a sublime lady, a silk merchant from Mandalay named DawOoZun. She was born in 1868, when King Mindon still reigned. Her compassion towards the poor and helpless aged motivated her to establish 5 old age homesaround thecountry withinashortspan of 22 years from 1915 to 1937.
DawOoZun founded the first Home at Mingun in 1915 at the age of 46. The second Home was established at Thaton in 1923, the third Home at Paungde in 1929, the fourth Home at Hninzigon Ward, Yangon in 1933 and fifth Home at Pakokku in 1937. Remaining celibate and deeply pious, she renounced the worldly life to become a nun of the Buddhist Order at the age of 62 at Paungde Home.
