The Alumni

After eight years of educating young community development workers, WH has a large extended family of alumni located all over Thailand and Burma, as well as in faraway places like Europe and the United States. Many of our alumni have gone back to develop their own communities in Thailand and Burma, start new organizations or pursue careers in local and international NGO’s.

In total, almost 200 students have now gone through the program and are today working to help their communities improve healthcare, educational opportunities, and economic growth in some of the most underdeveloped areas of South East Asia. Below you will find a few examples of some of these amazing alumni.

 

Ko Lynn – Class of 2011-12

 

“Before I only used to work with and for myself, but at Wide Horizons I learned that it is much better working as a team – it’s not just what you can do, but what WE can do. Wide Horizons is like a cornerstone in my life that affects everything I do”. 

 

 

Ko Lynn was a Wide Horizons student from 2011-12 and did his work placement from 2012-13. Today, he is working as the Program Manager with the Khom Loy Development Foundation,a Mae Sot based grassroots organization that does agriculture, livelihood and small business projects in low-resource migrant communities inThailand and Myanmar.

 

Sandar Lwin – Class of 2008-09

 

“I have used both the professional and personal skills from Wide  Horizons, but minly I have used the  self-confidence the program gave me. I can’t even imagine what would have happened if I  hadn’t been able to attend”.

 

 

 

 

 

Sandar Lwin was a Wide Horizons student from 2008-09 and did her work placement from 2009-10. Today, she has earned a Master’s degree in Education from Assumption University and is now working as the Program Officer for the Exam Preparation Outreach Program (EPOP), an organization that assists youth from low-resource communities in Southeast Asia to overcome the obstacles standing between them and university education.

 

 

Seasar Nono – Class of 2010-11

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Wide Horizons taught me how to organize my work and how to  work as part of a team with people from very different backgrounds and with different skills. Finally, Wide Horizons taught me to like challenges. Today I want more challenges and I want to solve more problems”.

 

Seasar Nono was a Wide Horizons student from 2010-11 and did her work placement from 2011-12. Since graduating, she has earned a Diploma in Liberal Studiesfrom the Australia Catholic University and today, she is working as the Program Coordinator with Thai Children’s Trust, a UK based charity that focuses on providing for the needs of the most vulnerable children in Thailand.

 

For more detailed examples of alumni success stories, please click here