Sunbird Trust team visits Akampat IDP camp, pledges long-term support
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 29 2026: A team from the Sunbird Trust, including its founders Col Christopher Rego (retired) and Myrna Rego, visited the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp at Ideal Girls' College, Akampat, today for a meeting organised in partnership with the Akampat Relief Camp Committee and the NGO.

The visit aimed to engage with displaced families and address their educational needs.

The Trust, in collaboration with NTT Data, currently provides educational scholarships to over 500 IDP students, with 182 from the Akampat camp alone.

More than 150 parents and children attended the interaction, along with other welfare activity members such as Col Lokendra Singh (retired), Ningthoujam Samananda Singh (convenor, Relief Camp), L Inaocha Meetei (chairman, COPMEV) and N Pulindro Singh (advisor MCM) .

Sunbird Trust team visits Akampat IDP camp

During the meeting, team members listened to concerns and suggestions.

Many parents expressed appreciation for the financial assistance, while some requested additional support for tuition fees for Class 10 students and vocational training opportunities.

Col Christopher Rego empathized with the families' hardships, highlighting the Trust's decade-long commitment to working in Manipur and assuring regular camp visits to resolve academic difficulties.

Myrna Rego shared a success story, noting that eight previously sponsored students had completed their education and become full-fledged members of the Sunbird Trust team.

Two of these individuals, present at the event, shared personal testimonies about how the support transformed their lives.

Col Lokendra Singh praised the dedication of the team who traveled from afar to support the affected persons during this challenging period, encouraging students to leverage the available opportunities.

Notably, Sunbird Trust has been at the forefront of relief efforts since the conflict began, providing essential supplies such as dry rations, thermal clothing, and stationery to IDP camps across the region.

The NGO currently awards scholarships to over 7,000 students statewide and has supported the vocational training of 130 students through camps conducted by the Assam Rifles and the BSF.

The Trust has facilitated the relocation of several students to various schools so that they could continue with their education uninterrupted.

Sunbird Trust has also extended support to students pursuing courses in nursing, pharmacy, computer science, and other disciplines at colleges in different parts of India.