“I would like to become a chief technician.” Bank said to Fund Isaan when we granted him a scholarship in 2012.

In 2014, Ton was 19 and had just finished his high school with a grade of 75%. Fund Isaan granted him a scholarship and he continued his another two years of Auto Mechanic education at Prasat Industrial and Community Education College. He successfully graduated in March 2016.

Aum was 19 in 2014. She lived in a village called Baan Kang-an, in the province of Surin. She had just finished her high school at Prasat Industrial and Community Education College, where she studied Accounting. Aum graduated with a grade of 3.90 (97%).

In 2014 Fund Isaan granted King a scholarship. King was 18 years old. He lived in Samut village not very far from our offices. King had just finished his high school at Prasat Industrial and Community Education College, where he studied Electronics.

King wanted to continue another two years to obtain a high certificate which would increase his opportunities for a good job substantially. Without the scholarship this would not have been possible for King, his financial background simply did not allow it. King felt very honored to have been selected by Fund Isaan.

Pung was born in 1993 in a poor family in Prasat, Surin. There were six people in Pung’s family. They all lived together in a small wooden house. Her grandmother was very old. Pung had one older sister and one younger sister who were both still studied in the nearby schools. Her parents were farmers and owned only 2 rai (3200 square meter) of rice fields, which was too little to run a profitable farm. They sometimes rent other people’s field to grow rice.  Pung’s family didn’t own any cattle.