The Mingun Home for the Aged was founded by Grand-mother Oo Zun as she is affectionately know. Daw Oo Zun was born of silk merchant U Ei and Daw Hmyin of Mandalay, Myanmar. When her parents passed aways, Daw Oo Zun could not overcome her grief and continued to mourning for them for a long time. Then, one day, she decided to seek comfort and happiness by looking after old people who were destitute
and in need of care and protection, as her own parents. So Daw Oo Zun, to realized her plan, began by erecting three small bungalows for meditation on a pleasant spot of land near the great Mingun Bell in Mingun village on 11 January 1915. With the help of a young maid. She herself the look care of the first old people to reside in the Home. There were 95 year old Pho sint, 98 year old Phwa Soe and 85 year old Phwa Mai. Four years, in 1919, the number of old people in her care increased to 20. All expenses were born by Daw Oo Zun alone.
