Darunee Fund            

    for Education in Asia

How you can help Lao children

Each additional year a child attends school, the long term benefits for that child and his or her community increase dramatically. Education is what enables families and their villages to survive and prosper. An educated child becomes a health worker, a teacher, a leader. As a scholarship donor, you have the opportunity to effect change on a personal level as you provide an immediate, life-changing opportunity for your student. On a global level, your scholarship helps strengthen not only your student's community, but communities worldwide.

More than half of the population is Lao PDR currently lives below the poverty line. Many children cannot even finish the five year primary education. On average, only 40% of the students finish elementary school. In the two provinces where scholarships are provided, Khammouane and Sekong, only 10-20% finish their elementary education. Students drop out for various reasons: poverty, early marriage, looking after younger siblings, helping support the family by farming and working.

Currently, Darunee Fund offers the opportunity for donors to contribute to a special Lao Fund that has been established to provide educational support, and future scholarships, for the children and teachers of Laos. Contributions at this time may be made to this general Fund.

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As a donor you will receive regular newsletters updating you on the scholarship program and other activities of the Foundation.

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