Poverty in Vietnam is highly concentrated in rural areas. Families work mainly in the agricultural sector, with limited employment opportunities available elsewhere. They have minimal access to credit, infrastructure, social services, and health care. The poverty facing these families has forced parents to keep their children at home as they could not afford the

This project with long-term BGR partner Rachana aims to improve food security, health, gender equity, children’s educational opportunities, and living conditions for poor families and vulnerable individuals in rural Cambodia. While Cambodia has made great progress in reducing poverty over the past decade, extreme poverty remains widespread. The Covid pandemic increased food insecurity among

State violence against opposition groups in eastern Myanmar, also known as Burma, has had a horrific effect on the nation’s children. Roughly 2.6 million people have been displaced, disrupting daily life and children’s sense of safety. Government forces have intentionally targeted schools in order to terrorize dissidents, while conflicts between armed opposition groups has

One-third of Mongolia’s population experiences extreme poverty and is unable to afford basic food and shelter. The Asral NGO was established in 2001 by Tibetan Buddhist monk Ven. Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche to support families affected by poverty and hunger in the poorest sections of Ulanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. Asral is Mongolian for “care,” and

Lotus Outreach International (LOI), a BGR partner since 2009, works to improve the lives of women and girls in Cambodia through initiatives that increase girls’ access to education. LOI’s Cambodian Tertiary Education and Leadership Youth Training (CATALYST) program supports qualified high school graduates from some of the poorest families in rural Cambodia as they continue

The Jamyang Foundation, founded in 1988, supports innovative education projects for Indigenous girls and women in two of the neediest and most remote parts of the world: the Indian Himalayas and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. For several years, BGR has sponsored Jamyang’s School Lunches for Marma Girls project in Bangladesh, feeding students at

For decades, civil unrest and government violence have caused a public health nightmare for ethnic minorities in Myanmar. Lack of access to basic health services has increased infant and maternal deaths. Burma Humanitarian Mission is fighting this crisis by training and equipping rural health workers. Support from BGR allows the mission to train and

In the village of Bulega in southern Uganda, BGR partner Uganda Buddhist Centre (UBC) has established a feeding program to care for some of the many children here who have been orphaned due to parental HIV/AIDS or other illnesses, accidents, abandonment, or conflict-related violence. The orphaned children are at significant risk of maltreatment, exploitation, and sexual

The Peace School in Bulega, Uganda, was launched in 2008 by Uganda Buddhist Centre founder and abbot the Most Venerable Bhikkhu Buddarakkhita with the aim of providing a high-quality early childhood education program for local children. This project currently supports the education of twelve children. In addition to the Uganda National Curriculum, the school provides mindfulness-based

In the remote region of Padaviya, more than 100 kilometers from the nearest government high school or private educational institution, the children of poor farmers and daily wage earners labor to learn today’s necessary information and communication technology (ICT) skills with insufficient resources. While ICT courses are taught in all schools from grades six