Horizon Asia Educational Association
Our Impact
This page shows what Horizon Asia Educational Association (HAEA)’s free education work looks like in practice: verified reach numbers, individual student journeys, and the fundraisers currently open for support.
Impact, verified
The reach behind the classrooms
12
kids taught weekly in Koh Tao (English + GED prep)
200+
students supported across Southeast Asia
2
students living at Wonderland Jungle Hostel while completing their GED
50+
Wonderland guests who volunteered to teach last year
Verified 2026-07-21, source: IMPACT.md.
Student journeys
What progress looks like
Student story
Cherry
Cherry is a student from Myanmar who earned her GED on 14 September 2026 while living at Wonderland Jungle Hostel’s student dormitory in Koh Tao. She also completed a sponsored physical science course and is now applying to university in Bangkok.
Student story
Tira
Tira, from Malaysia’s Semai indigenous community, completed an ESL course and went on to teacher training with SUKA Society through HAEA sponsorship. She now works with HAEA as Education Coordinator, a former student now helping run the programs she came through.
Student story
Vanisa
Vanisa is an Orang Asli student from Perak, Malaysia, who progressed from no formal schooling to a B2 English certificate from Mee Fah Language School in Koh Tao. She’s now raising support to continue from B2 to C1 and prepare for her GED.
Student story
Nazira
Nazira is a student from an indigenous community in Perak, Malaysia, working toward a career in medicine. HAEA is raising funds for a one-month intensive ESL program at Mee Fah Language School to support that goal.
Kirosha
Kirosha, a Malaysian student first reached through the Happy Readers literacy program with Perak Women for Women, completed two HAEA-sponsored medical courses, Medical English and an introduction to anatomy and first aid, toward her goal of becoming a doctor.
Active fundraisers
Open right now
Care and Rehabilitation for Kin Nage
Medical transfer and the first three months of nursing care and rehabilitation in Surat Thani for Kin Nage, 24.
Supporting Vanisa’s Journey to Higher Education
Language tuition, education visa, and materials for Vanisa’s B2-to-C1 English program, February 2026 to February 2027.
Proof it works
Already funded, by donors like you
- Give Cherry the Chance to Earn Her GED. Goal reached. Donors funded her GED preparation course, study materials and official exam fees. Cherry earned her GED on 14 September 2026.
- Help Cherry Pursue Her Passion for Science. Fully funded. Covered a 22-week physical science course.
- Support Tira’s Journey to Become a Teacher. Fully funded. Covered Tira’s teacher-training tuition and accommodation with SUKA Society, the training that led to her current role as HAEA’s Education Coordinator.
Fund the next chapter
A monthly gift lets HAEA commit to a full term of classes before it starts, in Koh Tao, Perak, and Myanmar migrant communities.