The GATE and GATEways objective is to enhance the life options of at-risk girls and their families and to reduce their vulnerability to violence and trafficking. The GATE program currently provides primary and secondary educational scholarships and holistic support to

22 year old Namthorng Thom from Banteay Meanchey Province entered LO’s GATE (Girls’ Access to Education program) as poorest of the poor high school girl before entering tertiary training, again under support from LO’s, STREAM (Skill -Training, Education Matching) program, and is now a highly sought after computer systems network administrator working in Phnom Penh.

Imagine, even the fact we are interviewing Mary at the RUPP in this college exclusive to 1% of the population. Mary comes from a family of illiterate parents to 10 children trying to live off earnings from a small plot