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An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link. But in , inspired by a conversation with a monk, he began offering free funerals, attending numerous services and making the final arrangements for thousands of people from all walks of life. It also runs educational programs, emergency aid initiatives, a health clinic and a hour ambulance service from its northern Yangon headquarters.

The organisation has 12 ambulances, employs staff and around volunteers, while it operates 35 hearses. The conspicuous vehicles — sometimes driven by Kyaw Thu himself — boast a modified rear area for the coffin that resembles a small, gold-coloured Buddhist temple, complete with ornate dragons. Here, a funeral service costs a lot.

We are poor people and have great difficulty to afford it. Ma Thida, a well-known writer and president of the Myanmar chapter of PEN International, said the organization had provided an important example of social activism during army rule and positively changed attitudes in society. The son of a family who owned a cinema in Yangon, his talent was spotted in by a film production company which asked the then-student to star in his first movie.

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It became a hit and was followed by many other popular films. But Kyaw Thu felt something was lacking. One day a prominent monk told his daughter about the fate of actors in the afterlife. Like many other civil society initiatives, the Free Funeral Service Society met with resistance from the authorities. The current, nominally civilian government — which is dominated by former generals — remains at times hostile towards his organization, he added.