By Thomas Waltcher | Assistant Director
Lotus Outreach’s GATEways program is thriving. It opens the doors to higher education and achievement as donors like you help aspiring students accomplish their goals! Take Yan for example.
Yan is currently supported by our GATEways program and is a third year student majoring in Law at the University of Management and Economics in Banteay Meanchey Province. Yan’s story exemplifies a diligent and dedicated student fighting to create change in both her personal life and also larger community.
Yan was born in the Prech Chey village located in Banteay Meanchey Province and has one brother and sister. When she was just 12 years old her father passed away, leaving the family in serious debt. Yan’s brother was forced to migrate to Thailand to find a job and earn more money to support their family, while Yan and her sister continued with their studies. In their spare time they also helped their mother on their rice farm to make ends meet.
After grade twelve Yan was ready to migrate to Thailand like her brother to earn more money to support her family. Thankfully, however, after receiving high grades on her final exams she discussed the possibility of going onto University with her mother.
After entering University, GATEways awarded her a scholarship, which she is still currently receiving! This scholarship covers a student’s costs for tuition, food, residence, utilities, additional class fees and a small spending stipend!
Yan has been an extremely hard-working and an active student in University. During her second year, in addition to her studies she worked as a kindergarten teacher at Sisophon Language School for 3 months earning $50 per month. Beginning in May 2014, Yan worked as a short-term data collector with CWCC to research “Cambodian Child Migrant Workers in the Thai Fishing Industry.”
Going forward Yan wants to create further impact. She aspires to work with the Government or in an Official Law Department, such as the Ministry of Justice. Ultimately, she wants to help poor and vulnerable people find justice and live equally within society.
The World Bank Agrees that investing in women’s education is the best way to encourage the right kind of global development. Supporting a GATEways girl through college costs just $100 per month, and it pays dividends to their communities for generations.
Thank you for supporting GATEways and women’s education in the developing world! Together we are making a difference for thousands as these scholars go forward in service to their communities.
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