Myanmar is enduring the longest running
civil war in the world. Dating back to the
1940s, the war has had a devastating impact
on the education and life chances of generations
of young people in the country.
Mobile Educational Partnerships (MEP)
is an award-winning educational charity, built
by British and Burmese teachers to offer hope
to communities affected by conflict, poverty
and neglect.
MEP has developed a unique and
innovative model of teacher training. Our
mobile units work with local refugee and
migrant teachers and children in some of the
most difficult to reach, poorly resourced schools
in Myanmar. We work at a grassroots level
forming meaningful partnerships with local
teachers and impact the learning of thousands
of children every year.
Importantly, the MEP ethos is not to impose
training or a specific teaching ideology;
instead, we work alongside teachers, building
relationships, blending the best from East and
West to find solutions for learning in the most
challenging of surroundings.
Regular in-class support is crucial; working
with small groups MEP develops core skills, and
then provides individual mentoring to develop
teachers’ confidence and enhance classroom
practice. We also help teachers improve their
English and support them through
internationally accredited Cambridge English
courses, enhancing their career prospects.
Our strength is in our size – we can be mobile,
flexible and extend our reach into the mostSignal Boost
remote and sometimes dangerous parts of
Myanmar. The help MEP gives is part of a bigger
movement in Myanmar, working for peace and
changing attitudes through education.
We expect a lot from our trainers including
personal commitment, a willingness to adapt to
isolation and sometimes hardship, but in return
they get an experience that will stay with them
for life, knowing they have made a difference to
the futures of some of the country’s most
disadvantaged young people.
MEP has no public funding and is solely
dependent on donations. While all charities are
suffering during the pandemic, 2020 has seen
MEP’s funding sources diminish dramatically.Want to help?
If you would like to donate, please visit
mobileeducationpartnerships.org or to find out how to support
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Today, a message from Mobile Education Partnerships
Working for peace through education with refugees
and internally displaced communities in Myanmar