Rangoon, formal capital and largest city in Burma.
Like most big cities in the world, Rangoon has extremes of wealth and poverty.
Today, Burma is facing an education crisis,
originating in the military's regime's severe restriction of educational opportunities.
According to UNICEF, 30% of children never attend school,
and nearly three-quarters fail to complete primary education.
The regime's failure to invest in future generations has direct and visible consequences.
The lack of education leaves children vulnerable to exploitation and hard labor from an early age.
Monastic schools are places of choice for many poor families,
as they provide free education and are often the only schools in isolated parts of the country.
Rangoon, formal capital and largest city in Burma.
Rangoon, formal capital and largest city in Burma.
Rangoon, formal capital and largest city in Burma.
The nuns live a strict and simple life of meditation, prayer, study and work.
Their last meal of the day is at 10.30 in the morning, followed by study in the afternoon, cleaning,
and the day finishes with two hours of prayer in the evening.
Back in Rangoon, Mau Mountain runs self-made after-hours classes for poor children and adults.
For very small fee, Mau Mountain is English and critical thinking.
Some students, after one course, they change their mostly in the way they speak and the way they see themselves.
Self-confidence, self-esteem, these are the things the classroom can care for.
Working on this story, I go to see the strength and resilience of the Burmese people.
But right now, there are millions of children and adults suffering from lack of basic care and education.
This situation requires immediate action by all who have the power to make a difference.
Life is great under pressure.
What does it mean to you?
Your life is not buffered, your life has a lot of difficulties, you are under pressure, but you can have grace.
If you try very hard to use your brain, very critical, and then you can make the right decision for every case.
