Meet Our Founders

Zin Maung Maung

I would like to extend a warm welcome to all Hi Burma visitors. I believe that education indeed impacts the quality of an individual’s life. I want to be instrumental in reforming the areas of Myanmar education that are often neglected. Despite recent efforts through the National Education Strategic Plan 2016-2021, rote learning, through chanting and repetition, still dominates. For all subjects, many Myanmar students learn textbooks by heart, without actually understanding the material, from kindergarten to university. I am aiming to provide alternative learning and teaching strategies, influenced by the cognitive science which is informing the latest developments in modern education.

Karen Taylor Burge

May I add my welcome to our Hi Burma website. It has been a whirlwind adventure moving from in-person teacher training and English language lessons in Mandalay and beyond to online teaching. Establishing Homeschooling programmes with our team of wonderful volunteer teachers across Myanmar has been an additional major undertaking. Hope Institute Burma constitutes the effort of our staff team to remain dedicated to the design and delivery of free education to the disadvantaged. Sadly, ‘disadvantaged’ now describes many more people living in Myanmar, not only refugees.This is because the prevailing violence is now widespread and has disrupted or even deprived young people and children of education in any form.

What We Offer

Hope Institute Burma aims to provide free education for CDM active Myanmar youth and students from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds in addition to training and professional development for CDM teachers.

Teacher Training

English Courses

Offline Learning

Homeschooling

Success Stories

Despite challenges like poor internet and political instability, dedicated teachers and students stayed committed, using resilience and innovation to overcome obstacles and build brighter futures.

Driven by a desire to help vulnerable children in Myanmar, I focused on self-improvement. I joined Hi Burma's free teacher training program on Zoom, which significantly benefited my professional development. The training improved my teaching and public speaking skills, which I now apply in the classroom. Despite challenges like poor internet and a precarious environment as a CDM student, I remain passionate about improving myself and helping children.

Jasmine

Teacher Training Series Trainee

At first, in my Hope Institute Burma class, I couldn’t understand what the teacher was saying, but after a week, I understood well enough. I gained a lot of useful, real-life knowledge. I also have happy and funny memories of learning with my teacher and classmates. I can teach my cousins English, which I learned in the course. So, attending this course was very enjoyable. I want to thank everyone involved in this organization. Thank you for teaching English and giving us a brighter future.

Zue Zue

Online Class Student

When schools reopened under the military regime, my parents and I decided I shouldn't attend. That's why I joined Hi Burma's one of the homeschooling centers to continue my education. I regularly share what I learn with my parents and siblings. I'm very happy with my English improvement since I started. In the future, I want to study art and painting. Thank you so much to my teachers and Hi Burma for organizing this program.

Thurein

Homeschooling Student

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