Scholarships are our main project and receive our focused attention. We firmly believe that a good education will pave the way for a better future for underprivileged children. Our goal is to fund deserving students, who pass the grade, until they have completed their high school education.

Myanmar 2023/2024

Despite continuing political upheaval, our students completed the 2022/23 school year. Due to the ever-increasing poverty, our main scholarship program in Chin State will be expanded for the 2023/24 school year.
 

There are two scholarship programs in Myanmar: 

1.     84 students in grades 5-10 studying in various schools in Chin State; and 

2.       7 students in grades 5-11 studying in several schools in Yangon.

In total 91 students will receive support for the 2023/24 school year, compared with 41 for the 2013/14 school year, when the scholarship programs in Myanmar were started. 

Important to note:

6 of our students in Chin State, who were in grade 12 in 2022, have completed their high school education, two students moved to India. 29 new students (all girls) were added to the program. 
In Yagon 3 students are waiting for their high school examination results and 1 failed to make the grade. The Yangon program will not be expanded, but the students who pass their grade will be supported until they complete high school. 

History:

Myanmar 2022/2023
In total 74 students received support:
1.     63 students in grades 5-12 studying in various schools in Chin State; and 

2.     11 students in grades 4-11 studying in several schools in Yangon.

Important to note:

Our students in Myanmar lost 2 school years due to the pandemic and the political situation in the country. The schools re-opened early July 2022.

Nine students, who were in grade 12 in 2020 when the schools closed, dropped out.
In Yangon one student succumbed to illness and one moved.
All others on the programs in 2020/21 continued with their education and will be supported until they complete their High School education. 

Myanmar 2020/2021
In total 85 students received support:  

1.     72 students in grades 6-12 studying in various schools in Chin State; and 

2.     13 students in grades 3 – 12 in several schools in Yangon.

Important to note:

Starting with the 2020/21 school year High School in Myanmar will be three (grades 10 to 12) instead of only two years. Since there are no High Schools in the villages in Chin State where the majority of our students live, our fund has to cover the cost for the hostel in addition to the school fees. This means about USD620 per High School student/per year = about double the cost of a middle school student.

Myanmar 2019/2020 
In total 73 students received support:
1.     60 students in grades 6-11 studying in various schools in Chin State;

2.     13 students in grades 3-11 in several schools in Yangon.

Results: Very good results. Only 2 students in Chin State performed poorly and were replaced. 1 student had to drop out of the program due to illness.
Starting with this school year the Myanmar Government increased high school by one year. This means that all the students in Grade 11 will have to continue for 1 more year.

Myanmar 2018/2019

In total 69 students received support:
1.     55 students in grades 6-11 studying in various schools in Chin State;

2.     13 students in grades 2-11 in several schools in Yangon; and

3.       1 student in grade 11 also in Yangon.

Results: All students performed well. 

The highlight is that 16 students in Chin State and 1 student in Yangon graduated from High School.

Myanmar 2017/2018

In total 76 students received support:
1.     55 students in grades 6-10 studying in various schools in Chin State;

2.     19 students in grades 1 – 10 in several schools in Yangon; and

3.       2 students in grades 10 and 11 also in Yangon.

Results: 1 student in Chin State performed poorly.
1 student in Yangon graduated from High School.

Myanmar 2016/2017

In total 71 students received support:
1.     48 students in grades 6-9 studying in different villages in Chin State;

2.     20 students in grades 1 – 11 in various districts in Yangon; and

3.       3 students in grades 10 and 12 also in Yangon.

Results: 3 students in Chin State and 1 student in Yangon performed poorly.
1 student in Yangon graduated from High School.

Myanmar 2015/2016

In total 64 students received support:
1.     40 students in grades 6-8 studying in different villages in Chin State;

2.     21 students in pre-school and grades 2 – 10 in various districts in Yangon; and

3.       3 students in grades 9-11 also in Yangon.

Results: 2 students in Chin State had to leave school due to unforeseeable circumstances. 1 student in Yangon performed poorly.

Myanmar 2014/15
In total 62 children received support:
1.     37 children in grades 6 and 7 studying in different villages in Chin State, and

2.     25 children in pre-school and grades 1-9 in various districts in Yangon and other parts of the country.

Results: 1 student in Chin State and 5 students in Yangon performed poorly and were replaced.

Looking back to Spring 2013:

With the help and assistance of 3 very kind people, dedicated to improving the lives of underprivileged children, we could start two scholarship programs in Myanmar at the end of May 2013.

You may want to know that:

a/ Chin State is the poorest State in Myanmar, where people have to fight for their livelihood. The children we support come from villages which are part of a project called “Families Together: Rural Education Support Program”. This program allows children to stay with their families while attending school. In the past, the only possibility to get some schooling was for these children to spend several years in ‘Orphanages’ in big cities, which meant separation from parents/siblings for long periods of time.

b/ The children in our second program also come from a very poor background. In most cases they have only one parent, who has little chance to earn enough money to feed the family and thus the children could not attend school without our fund's support.

c/ The school year in Myanmar starts at the end of May/early June and ends at the end of February.

Please join us in thanking Beat, Hannah and Andrew for their willingness to coordinate our Myanmar scholarship programs as volunteers. The success of the programs speaks for their dedication to help needy children get a good education. 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023 16:35