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