Myat Linn Aung is one of BEAM’s GED Program graduates. He successfully passed the GED exam in 2014. Immediately after he passed GED exam, he began to work at the Boarding High School for Orphans and Helpless Youth (BHSOH) in Mae Sot, Thailand. First established along the Thai-Myanmar border in 1993, BHSOH is dedicated to fill the educational void experienced by orphans and children from migrant families.
Tu Nge and Ba Hlaing, originally from De Maw Soe Township, Kayah State, Myanmar, are graduates from the Information Communication Technology training under BEAM Education Foundation’s Vocational Program. They both worked at a furniture factory in Chiang Mai while studying vocational skills at BEAM. Recently, they went back to their home town to start a community development plan called “Root Wood to Furniture Project.”
On 19 August 2017, two BEAM GED alumni students finished an important step to become international nurses: the Capping and Pinning Ceremony at Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University. The Capping and Pinning Ceremony celebrates the students for achieving academic knowledge and basic nursing skills so they can now practice in hospitals with real patients.
Zwe, originally from Karen State, Myanmar, is one of BEAM’s GED Program graduates. He successfully passed the GED exam in 2013. After passing the GED, Zwe spent two years teaching English and Math at the Children Development Center (CDC) in Mae Sot. Over a period of two years, he taught sixty students ages 9-14.