Announcements

Prospect Burma 2010 Book Auction
The Prospect Burma 2010 book auction list is now available for download here. A bidding form can be downloaded here. The auction will run from January 2010 to mid-May 2010.

Message to all students
You can now meet fellow Prospect Burma grantees in our new Facebook group, available to all students and alumni. If you would like to join please read the instructions in the Student News section.  

PROSPECT BURMA gives young Burmese people access to education – one of the United Nation’s fundamental human rights. Since 1988 Burmese universities have been repeatedly closed and education remains in crisis. A whole generation has been deprived of education and the effect on Burma’s future is incalculable. 

Since our foundation in 1989 we have funded scholarships for over 1,500 Burmese students, enabling them to qualify as professionals and to go on to work for Burma both inside and outside the country.

We also fund free English language tuition for desperately poor Burmese refugees in Delhi, a teacher training programme for Burmese in Thailand who in turn train other teachers in Burma, and English language courses inside Burma. 

As the message below attests, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi endorses the work we do and she generously donates part of the income from her Nobel Peace Prize and other prizes towards our work. 

If you would like to apply for one of our scholarships or make a donation, click Scholarships or How to Help.

DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI APPEALS
FOR PROSPECT BURMA

The future of my country lies in the hands of the younger generation. Under the present military government the whole educational system is neglected and higher education is virtually non-existent with the frequent closure and repressive control of the universities. Prospect Burma is a non-political charity which does its best to fill the gap. It funds scholarships for young Burmese, most of whom have been forced to look for their education abroad. It arranges training and educational courses in Thailand and elsewhere. I warmly commend its work to you, and hope that you might be able to offer it financial help.

Aung San Suu Kyi