MEET THE TEAM
Maung Myo Htun
Program Manager
Maung Myo Htun is a former Wide Horizons Organizational Development Program (WH) student. He arrived in Mae La Oon refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border from Karen State 11 years ago. In the camp, he finished his studies at the Yaung Ni Oo High School in 2010. After his studies, he worked as a laboratory staff member at the Mae La Oon hospital. In 2011 he came to Mae Sot and worked as an intern at the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). After working with AAPP for one year, he enrolled in the WH program for the 2012-13 academic year. Today, he is working as the Program Manager. He is to be happy to work with his former teachers and student Coordinator and with the new students.
Aung Than
Program Coordinator, computer trainer
Aung Than is Rakhaing/Arakanese. His family fled to India when he was five years old because of Myanmar soldier oppression. He didn’t have a chance to study formal education. He lived a few years in India then fled to Bangladesh because of Indian government oppression. He got a chance to live at a monastery with novice life and studied Bangla language. Aung Than moved to Thailand in June, 2011 to further his education and assisted in founding Arakan Human Rights and Environmental Movement (AHREM). In 2012, he was selected by the EarthRights School in Chaing Mai. He attended WH from 2014-2015 and today he is working at WH as a Program Coordinator. Aung Than is so proud of being a WH staff and loves his job.
TrainERS
Zun Pwint Aung (Rylan)
community development trainer
Zun Pwint Aung (Rylan) is from Mawlamyine, Mon State. She joined the English Access Microscholarship Program in Mawlamyine which was funded by the U.S Embassy. She continued her career by becoming a trainer and teacher. She graduated from Mawlamyine University in 2019 with B.A English. She is a Former Mon Delegate of Hong Kong-Myanmar ChangeMaker Exchange Program. After the program, she gave capacity building training to the youth in Mon State. In the middle of her academic year at University, she taught English Classes at Ramonnya Land English Language Center. Afterwards, she studied Liberal Arts & Social Science at Parami Institute, Myanmar. She is proud of getting this great opportunity to share her abilities and knowledge to the
students at Wide Horizons and is looking forward to supporting the community together with Wide Horizons Staffs and Students.