The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that all children have the right to an education. Sadly huge numbers of children in Southeast Asia are unable to exercise this right. Isolation, poverty, conflict and migration mean that many children have no chance to go to school and others are unable to attend school even when they live close to one. 

 

On the Thai-Burma border, our partner One Sky Foundation works in cooperation with the government to fill gaps in education provision, working  to overcome the barriers that prevent marginalised children from attending school. 

 

For more than 10 years CARA has provided small bursaries to over 200 children per year supporting the costs of transport school lunches and and uniforms if needed. This has enabled hundreds of children to complete their education with many achieving good grades and moving on to further education and good job opportunities.

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