Last week in Nay Pyi Taw, H.E. U Zin Yaw, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Asia Foundation President 
Posts By Wendy Rockett
In Remote Sabah, Books Can Help Reduce Isolation
September 5, 2012
I recently took a trip into the heart of Malaysian Borneo to visit some of the most remote schools that The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia serves. Borneo is a large island located north of Java, Indonesia. In the spring of 2011, we started a partnership with PACOS Trust…
Topics: Books for Asia | Economic Development | Education | International Literacy Day | Literacy
Countries: Malaysia
Hope for Resurgence of Sri Lanka’s North Rests on Education
May 11, 2011
On a recent trip to Sri Lanka, I traveled by car from Colombo to Jaffna, a journey of more than 10 hours, and I discovered a city that seemed quietly determined to move forward. Two years after the devastating civil war between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers ended…
Topics: Books for Asia | Conflict and Fragile Conditions | Education
Countries: Sri Lanka