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From our Beneficiaries
ChatChai’s story
ChatChai ChurMue is a 22-year-old second year student
of Industrial Engineering at RajaMangkala University of
Technology Lanna (RMUTL), in Chiang Rai. He was born in
the small village of Abodo on the mountains, about 65
km from Mae Suai District. ChatChai is from an Akha tribe
family, originally from Myanmar. His parents are farmers,
as the majority of villagers. They grow enough rice to feed
the family, but never enough to sell. As such ChatChai’s
family could not afford to pay for his schooling. At one
point, his mother had asked him to stop studying, but his
father had encouraged him to continue and thanks to the
support of the Foundation he has been able to complete
his secondary school education and attend university.
ChatChai is a determined young man, who has embraced
the challenges his situation brought him with a fighting
yet grateful spirit. In continuing his studies, he bears in
mind not only his family, but his entire community and the
possibilities of improving their situation through his growing
knowledge, confident that, in his own words, “Education
is key for change.”
ChatChai at University in Chiang Rai
Scholarship Program Results
• Retention rate: 86%
• Pass rate: 97%
Outcomes
• Professional school students that have graduated in 2015:
44
• Professional school students that have graduated since
2006: 284