For Children in rural Thailand, poverty is not only the lack of money, but also the lack of opportunity and a hope for a better future. Not being able to get a proper education prevents them from breaking the endless cycle of poverty and ignorance.
 
Education support is, therefore, significantly important not only to help relieve the financial burden of their families on their schooling, but it also gives them encouragement to study and empower themselves to become self-reliant and escape from the vicious cycle of poverty.

In this December, EDF has started calling for scholarship applications from Thai students who wish to continue their education in the coming school year 2020 and we would like to introduce a story of Kritsana or Pooh, 13, Grade7 from Nakornratchasima province who helps lessen the financial burden of his poor mother by collecting and selling used plastic bottles to earn his own pocket money to go to school and Rattapol or Pik, 13, Grade 7 from Surin province who work part-time at the noodle shop in the evening to earn extra income to support his poor family. Both children's stories are just few among thousands stories of the students that we are expecting to receive until we close the application by early 2020. We will from time to time share some of their interesting stories with you here.