Though Myanmar (Burma) now has a democratic government, a civil war has been fought for over 60 years. The education system is dire, and so many young individuals leave their homes and families and travel to Thailand where they can get education.

This group of students have overcome many problems, and have finally completed their American high school diploma. Their dream is to attend university, so that they can become more educated and then return to develop their communities.

We're trying to raise enough to send 6 of these students to university. So far one person has pledged $5,000. Ideally, we'd like to raise a further $5,000 online or through monthly giving. 100 people giving just £2 per month would be enough to send one student to university. Others might want to give a one time donation, and so we've set this up.

Some of these students come from families where they make less than £100 per YEAR, yet their parents will give whatever they can.

Please help us to make these students' dreams come true. Please help them to become empowered to make changes in their homeland.

Update - San Mya's story

My name's San Mya. I have five members in my family. I have three younger sisters, me, and mother. Unfortunately, my father passed away when I was 12 years old. I come from a poor family and we can not afford to live like other people. We only live in a bamboo house. After my father passed away, instead of me leaving school, one of my younger sisters scarified her education and helped my mother on the farm. After things were a little better. However, as I got higher class, my education fees cost more. When my mother had no way to do things, she asked another of my younger sisters to left school again. This sister has to left school after she finished Grade 6. In the future I do not want to see discrimination between men and women, and I will try to get opportunity for women to have equal rights so that other girls do not need to sacrifice their education