Myanmar | Client Stories A Resilient Livestock Journey With loans from VisionFund Myanmar, Ohnmar was able to build five new concrete sties to replace her old wooden pigsty, allowing her to raise more pigs... Read More Traditional with a Modern Twist Makes Good Business Sense On a bustling street in Lashio township, Myanmar, the “Rose Family” shop displays the colourful and unique clothing designs of entrepreneurial couple... Read More A Happy Boy of a Strong Single Mother Myit Myat shared his feelings, "I’m happy because my mom can now buy everything I want and I can play with my friends... Read More A Thoughtful Father from Rakhine Mar Mauk Yaw Phe (39yr) is one of over 14,100 clients in Rakhine State that VFM have served in the last three years. Mar's family relies on his work... Read More The Strength of Motherhood Single mother Ngwe Thi (36 yr) from Tha But village in Myeik used to run a small flower farm to support her daughters. She grows chrysanthemum and... Read More The Healthcare Hero of Hmawbi Township Daw Khin Phyu Phyu Thet (49 yr.) is a wife, mother of three children, and licensed nurse who has faithfully served the Hmawbi Township since 1996 as a... Read More Unlocking Opportunities through Digital Tools VFM client Nwe Nwe Tun is among those who easily embraced new technology to adopt to challenging times. She and her husband Tin Naing Htwey used to... Read More Business Diversity means Surviving a Crisis Daw Ni Ni Nwle and her husband started out married life running a rice mill business, which she inherited from her family. Initially, they earned... Read More Adding a Second Business to Grow Income Mar Mar Aye (56) years old is a traditional woman farmer who lives in southern Kauk Hlide region of Hpa-An. She inherited more than 10 acres of paddy... Read More A Mother Works Every Day for Her Children's Education “I want to finish school and get a salary so my mother can rest. She is very tired, I don’t want her to be tired any more.” Yan Min Aung is 18... Read More Debt Refinancing Leads to Peace of Mind “I want to study hard and be a doctor,” says 12 year-old Mg Mg Kyaw, “So that I can treat my grandmother if she falls sick.” His grandmother, 58... Read More Planting Flowers for a Brighter Future Daw Thin Thin Aye (36 years old) is a seasonal flower planter who lives in Hmawbi Township, about three hours away from Myanmar’s capital city Yangon... Read More Not So Run Of The Mill Daw Saw Saw Win, like many women in Myanmar, left her family to move to Yangon, the capital city for work where she took on various jobs in tourism... Read More Education Loan Supports Children My name is Daw Khin Than May. I live in Taung Myint ward. We have five family members. I have three children; two daughters and one son. Three... Read More Struggle Turns to Joy Often we meet families who have had to separate in order for one or both parents to find better paying work in an urban centre. This story is about a... Read More Dream to Create More Jobs for Her Community As a girl, Daw Thin Thin Hlaing’s family was very poor—she often missed meals, didn’t have enough clothes and missed out on school. With limited... Read Shoeing a Nation Thida aged 43 years is a cobbler by trade, having learned her skills from her parents. With her experience, she is able to cover all aspects of the... Read Me Sweeping Success Yu is 33 years old and married with two daughters (14, 10) and a son aged 6 years. Her first experience at borrowing money came when she was... Read More Partnerships That Serve Rural Farming Families Ma Ohn Mar (38 years old) has returned home after spending 10 years working in Bangkok in a weaving factory. She spent many hours walking between the... Read More From plants to pigs – working hard to progress Mye is a 39-year-old strong, sturdy mother to three children aged 12, 16 and 19 years. Her husband is in the military and often away from home and... Read More Leading within the community With money received as wedding gifts, Zar and her husband started a retail business three years ago. In addition to running the shop, they grow rice... Read More Leading the way with technology Zin is 31 years old, married with a four-year-old son. She graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering and with her degree she got... Read More Opportunities blossoming from family and children Thin lives in a rural community a couple hour outside of Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar. She’s like many women around the world, juggling... Read More Clothing children San is 54 years old and married with one child. She has been in sewing for 15 years and her shop’s specialty is boys clothing. For the last 10 years... Read More Rural Farmer Invests in Education U Win Shein, a farmer in rural Mandalay, Myanmar, carries the weight of six children and seven grandchildren on his shoulders. At 58 years old, he has... Read More The Future Is Bright The Bright Baby education centre on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, is true to its name. The nursery children are asleep when we arrive, on a hot... Read More A Hand Up We meet Nilar, a mother from Au Yin Taw, a small rural village on the outskirts of Mandalay. Nilar used one of the only resources she had, her hands... Read More
