Prospect Burma Supporters

15/07/2026

If you would like to support our scholars, please donate here: https://donorbox.org/founding-the-future-campaign

11/06/2026

Myanmar’s young people are facing a crisis. Following the coup of 2021, intensifying conflict has caused mass displacement, widespread food insecurity and economic collapse. Education pathways have closed off, and three in four young people, some 5 million people, are no longer in education or training.

At Prospect Burma, we believe that supporting higher education is the most impactful long-term investment that can be made for Myanmar’s future.

We are a UK charity with a 37-year track record of providing access to international higher education for young people from Myanmar. Our scholarships and complementary projects help nurture a new generation of leaders and enablers who will drive long term recovery in a country facing protracted conflict and instability.

Voted Myanmar’s preferred scholarship provider in a nationwide British Council survey in 2024, our multi pathway approach equips young people with the skills, confidence and knowledge to drive positive change in their home country.

11/06/2026

We’ve been supporting young people from Myanmar since 1989. Over the last 37 years, we have built trusted relationships with diverse communities and partners across the country.

The results speak for themselves:

• 1,700 scholarship alumni are shaping Myanmar’s future
• Before the coup, 95% returned to Myanmar within five years
• Today, many are supporting displaced communities and civil society organisations during the ongoing crisis, often at significant personal risk

At Prospect Burma, we do more than provide access to education. Through scholarships, online learning pathways, mentorship, mental health support and access programmes, we help nurture a new generation of leaders and enablers who will drive long term recovery in Myanmar.

We have continued to operate safely and effectively in the post-coup context by being adaptable and listening closely to the needs of our students.

03/06/2026

37 Years of Opportunity. A Generation Transformed.

Starting life as a shared vision in 1989, Prospect Burma has grown to become a beacon of hope for young Myanmar students with aspirations to progress to international higher education.
Collectively, our scholarship awardees have studied in more than 30 countries worldwide, opening new horizons and meaningful cultural exchange.

With £7.7 million awarded to date and over 1,700 alumni, the real impact is in the skills and expertise our alumni bring back to their communities.

Help us continue this journey. Together, we are founding a brighter future, one scholarship at a time.

15/04/2026

🌼Happy Thingyan and Myanmar New Year from all of us at Prospect Burma.🌼

We are thinking warmly of our students and alumni across Myanmar and worldwide.

We wish you and your families peace and strength in the year to come.

With our very best wishes,

Prospect Burma

01/04/2026

“When opportunity becomes a lottery.”

In this compelling guest blog, Prospect Burma alumna Pan Ei Ei Phyoe (DPhil, University of Oxford) shares her personal perspective on the UK’s recent announcement of study visa restrictions and its impact on Myanmar students. Click here to read:

A Prospect Burma alumna reflects on the UK’s decision to restrict student visas and what it means for Myanmar students.

23/03/2026

Even when Borders Close, Opportunity Remains Open

At a time when some pathways to education are closing for Myanmar’s young people, others remain intact.

We are deeply grateful to our higher education partners around the world for helping us support the next generation of Myanmar’s talented young leaders and innovators.

Through these partnerships, our student's study in-person at leading universities, learning alongside international peers, accessing world-class teaching and resources, and building the skills and networks needed to contribute to Myanmar’s future.

In 2023, we started to establish a new set of university partners to create Myanmar’s first online scholarship programme, ensuring that talented students who cannot leave their country can still access high-quality international education.

All of this is made possible by supporters like yourself. Your donations fund tuition and living costs, internet access, and deliver mentoring, mental health support, and tailored guidance—ensuring that our students overcome challenges and pursue their education with confidence and purpose.

The impact our students create is clear in the stories shared through our Founding the Future campaign. From alumni leading community development projects, protecting the environment and establishing alternative education spaces, to our online students running community health initiatives in Myanmar’s most dangerous conflict areas, each story shows how education empowers them to create meaningful change.

Your support ensures that nothing - not even borders - can block our students’ ambition. Every donation helps a Myanmar student continue their education, develop essential skills, and create a brighter, stronger future for their country. Invest in Myanmar’s future today.

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17/03/2026

A Scholar’s Journey: Nolan’s Path Through Conflict and Education

When the 2021 Myanmar military coup disrupted Myanmar’s fragile education system, thousands of young people suddenly saw their futures placed on hold. Schools closed, universities stopped functioning, and an entire generation of students was left uncertain about whether they would be able to continue their education. In the midst of this national crisis, Nolan chose not only to protect his own academic path but also to create opportunities for others.

In 2021, he helped establish the Fire Fly Education for All project in a rural village in Rakhine State. At a time when formal schooling had collapsed, the project became a vital learning space for students affected by poverty and conflict. Nolan served as head teacher, organising lessons, mentoring students, and ensuring learning could continue despite the instability around them.

What began as a small community initiative became a symbol of resilience. Students studied with limited resources and under difficult conditions, yet many have now successfully completed high school and are planning their next steps into university.

While working to sustain education for others, Nolan’s own life was shaped by displacement. Seeking safety, he eventually crossed into Thailand, where he lived without formal documentation and faced daily uncertainty. Continuing his education under these circumstances required extraordinary determination.

His perseverance was eventually rewarded. With the support of a Prospect Burma scholarship, Nolan completed his Associate Degree with Honours, an achievement that reflects both academic excellence and remarkable resilience.

Today, Nolan continues his Bachelor’s degree with a clear goal: one day returning to Myanmar as a public health professional, helping rebuild communities that have endured years of conflict and instability.

Nolan’s story is a powerful reminder of the impact education can have. Even in the most difficult circumstances, he helped keep learning alive for rural students while continuing to pursue his own future.

If you would like to support scholars like Nolan, please consider making a donation to Prospect Burma. Our students are extraordinary individuals who are not only pursuing their own education but are building better futures for the communities they call home.


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08/03/2026

Six women.

All frontline health professionals.

All working in regions where hospitals have been damaged, occupied, or destroyed.

By day, they treat patients in conflict-affected communities.
By night, they study for their Master’s degrees in public health, pharmaceutical management, procurement and supply chain management, and digital health.

Since 2021, Myanmar’s formal health infrastructure has been dismantled. In its place, community-based systems have emerged — fragile, under-resourced, but determined.

These six women are part of that system.

Through Prospect Burma's online scholarship programme delivered in partnership with international higher education institutions, they are completing advanced qualifications while remaining in service to their communities.

This is more than education.

It is clinical leadership in crisis.
It is more resilient medicine supply chains.
It is digital health innovation.
It is public health strategy under pressure.
It is the long-term rebuilding of a nation’s healthcare system.

On International Women’s Day, we recognise not only their resilience — but their expertise, their commitment, and their leadership.

They are not waiting for the future.
They are building it.

05/03/2026

Prospect Burma is deeply saddened to learn of the UK Home Office decision to stop issuing study visas to students from Myanmar.

Since our foundation in 1989 as a UK charity dedicated to expanding access to international higher education for young people from Myanmar, we have supported 71 talented and committed students to study at universities across the UK. Upon graduation, most have returned to Myanmar to serve as lawyers, civil society leaders, journalists, environmentalists, health professionals and educators.

These students were not driven by personal gain but by a strong sense of responsibility to build the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to make a positive difference in their home country.

At a time when Myanmar faces unprecedented challenges from nationwide conflict ignited by the 2021 coup, investment in higher education is essential. The students we support consistently demonstrate their resilience and integrity. Many of our alumni return to work in education, healthcare, environmental protection, governance and community development. Others contribute through cross-border partnerships and capacity-building initiatives that directly benefit people and communities on the ground.

Applicants for our in-person scholarship programme look to the UK and its world-leading universities as a place where they can excel in their education and look forward to their future careers with ambition and purpose. We believe in the power of education to build bridges and strengthen long-term international relationships. Restricting access to UK universities risks isolating a generation of young leaders and impoverishing the wider experience of higher education for all learners.

Prospect Burma remains committed to supporting Myanmar students in their pursuit of education and to advocating for pathways that enable them to learn, grow, and contribute meaningfully to their country’s future.

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