35 selected students, from grade 4 to 7, participated in the leadership training program. The program was created to encourage the migrant students to re-establish their unique identity and confidence. The Karen migrant children often suffer from despair due to chronic poverty, unstable status and social discrimination and give up their education and future dream.


Through various activities of singing and playing sports and games, the students build self-esteem and cooperation, leadership skills, and hope for their future.

One of the participants, Pat Tah Sew is a bright girl. Without her mother, things are difficult for her now. But she dreams to become a medical doctor someday. She said that this leadership training would a good foundation for her dream.

Tun Lai is an energetic boy and he wants to become a military general. He said the lesson from the leadership training will be a good virtue for his future dream. He wants to make his dreams come true for his big brother and sister. His older siblings had to give up their education because of financial hardships.

Tun Tun Yei had crossed the border when he was very young. But at the time, there was no school for Myanmar refugee children in the area. He entered the kindergarten of Bwe K’Lar School at age of 12. After 5 years at Bwe K’Lar School, he became one of the best students, helping teachers as a class representative. He stays at the school dormitory because his father had passed away and his mother went to Bangkok to make money. Tun Tun Yei hopes the leadership training would lead him to the right direction.



During the leadership training program, 35 students shared their dreams to be good leaders in the future. Heart to Heart Foundation plans to have 3 sessions of student leadership training at Bwe K’Lar School during 2011-12 academic year.