Huge agreement with you re making a difference - we did almost the exact same thing for a guy we met in Luang Prabang. We ended up putting him through Uni - for the grand cost of a couple of hundred dollars a semester. It was less than what I was already doing as a regular donation to a big charity, but so much more satisfying! Have been back many times, met his family in a village in the north, and helped him with his wedding expenses as well so he started married life ahead. Maybe it was only one person - but it ended up affecting his entire family
Huge agreement with you re making a difference - we did almost the exact same thing for a guy we met in Luang Prabang. We ended up putting him through Uni - for the grand cost of a couple of hundred dollars a semester. It was less than what I was already doing as a regular donation to a big charity, but so much more satisfying! Have been back many times, met his family in a village in the north, and helped him with his wedding expenses as well so he started married life ahead. Maybe it was only one person - but it ended up affecting his entire family