One example of help

"My mom and dad are rubber latex tappers. They earn too small money to send me to school. My parents and my brothers live in a small wooden thatched hut. I live with my step grandmother who is 85 years old. In the rainy season, it rains so much and my parents cannot work when it rains. We have no money left and I have only 1 school uniform to wear.

I want to be a doctor but it seems only a dream with the situation we are now facing. I therefore would like to receive an educational fund from World Vision to make my dream come true."

Saowapa comes from a relatively poor family. She studies in grade 9 at Huay Yod School, Trang Province. She lives in a small hut covered with old tiles donated from neighbors with her step grandmother who adopted Saowapa's dad about 14 years ago. Saowapa's parents earn about 70-90 Baht a day from their rubber latex tapping and this is to support 5 family members. They won't get paid on raining days since they are unable to work in the rain. Saowapa uses her step grandmother's 300 Baht monthly pension for school bus. She often goes to school with no money but just a lunch box. With no spare school uniform, she has to wash it every day for the next day use, but her uniform will not be dry when it's raining.

(Extract from a letter of Saowapa Yodkaew to World Vision)

Today, as a member of World Vision's Kid's Future Project, Saowapa has got a chance to go to school and will make her dream come true. Donation from the Kid's Future Project helps not only Saowapa, but many other kids and their families. It is used for educational help, family support, medical treatment for diseases like meningoscele, asymmetrical limps, heart surgery, etc.

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