Thailand's Most Marginalized Girls Seize Scholarship Opportunities

"It was like having a new life after I received a scholarship from Plan," says 19-year-old Arba. Arba is from the ethnic Akha hill tribe in the Northern Thailand province of Chiang Rai.

Arba is one of Thailand's 44,000 'stateless' children whose births have not been registered, limiting their access to social services such as healthcare and education. Most stateless children, especially girls, are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty.

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