Photo by Dang Ngo for Global Health Access Program
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Burma - Migrant Education

With over 100,000 Burmese migrants living in Thailand, the educational needs of the community are significant. Since 2000, Planet Care/GHAP has supported Hsa Thoo Lei, a school and orphanage based in Mae Sot, Thailand. Hsa Thoo Lei began modestly in a small building with few resources and no salary for its teachers. Today, the facility includes a two-story school house and boarding home where 450 students from primary grades through high school receive their education. The boarding house cares for more than 150 migrant and orphaned children. In addition to teaching the prerequisites of the Thai educational system and Thai and English languages, Has Thoo Lei works to preserve the children's Burmese heritage by teaching traditional languages, arts and culture.

Burmese migrant farm workers in Thailand

© Dang Ngo.

Burmese migrant farm workers in Thailand



 
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