Client Stories
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...
On a bustling street in Lashio township, Myanmar, the “Rose Family” shop displays the colourful and unique clothing designs of entrepreneurial couple...
Myit Myat shared his feelings, "I’m happy because my mom can now buy everything I want and I can play with my friends...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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 years...
“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...
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...
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...
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 years...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
