Stand by Me’s work in Shan State has developed significantly in recent months, reaching out to local children at a summer school and receiving a permit to begin building the Shan State Homes.
Stand by Me’s work in Shan State has developed significantly in recent months, reaching out to local children at a summer school and receiving a permit to begin building the Shan State Homes.
Krupa*, Samir* and little Rachita* are three of the poorest children we had ever come across. We met them in a remote and mountainous area, their hair red because they were malnourished.
All Wilton wanted was to go to school. But he was one hundredth on a waiting list to attend a school in a chicken shed. So we built the Eva Russell School where Wilton grew into a mature young man.
It was a normal day at Sophia Academy until our caretaker heard the cries of a baby. Following the cries, he was amazed to find a tiny baby wrapped in cloth under the tree beside the gate - abandoned.