HELPING ONE REFUGEE CHILD AT A TIME

Myanmar Education Centre school started in September 2008, to provide an education for refugee children. The school relies entirely on charity (since we lost our UNHCR funding in 2014) and help from volunteers and sponsors, who also help by fundraising and donating to the wider community. Our dedicated team of volunteers not only teach in the school, but also take on many other tasks to help provide a learning environment which is kind, caring and safe, while still providing the 100 children with the best education possible. MEC is set up primarily as a school but it also plays a vital role as a community centre, providing a refuge to those children whose parents have to work and they would otherwise be left alone during the day. They will come to the school to spend their time supervised and in safety.

Our Myanmar refugee children have been through persecution, violence and discrimination. They have been denied education, medical care and human rights. Some have seen and endured unimaginable events. Some of the adults have been trafficked and were held captive. Because of these hardships, many fled and made their way through several countries to find safety.

The children, who now live in Malaysia are not allowed to attend government schools and their parents are not legally allowed to work. Life is still hard and a daily struggle. Parents cannot provide even the basics for their children.

100 % of money raised will go towards the education of the children, resources for the school, and the running of the school for the 100 children, aged 6 -16, who attend on a daily basis and to help support their families.

Money will be used:

• To fund the school and keep it running.

• To provide improved health care to the families.

• To improve their diet by providing a daily hot cooked meal at school, and continuing the Breakfast Club.

• Supplement their diet with nutritious food.

• To sponsor children who cannot afford school fees.

• To provide outings and transportation costs.

• To provide skills’ training for older students and their parents to enable them open up micro enterprise businesses.

With your financial help we will be able to continue educating the students in our care and help us to improve the lives and well-being of the students and their families and help make their future a brighter, healthier, happier and successful one.