Education report: The key to transforming lives

For Linh, success means being there for his mother.

Linh grew up in a household where money was tight. Every time a paycheck came, Linh’s mother set aside 500,000 VND, about $19, for his gas and breakfast. Linh usually stretched that money over three or four weeks, making every penny count.

“Do you need help?” “Have a think.” “You can do it.”

That was K.’s father, sitting beside his seven-year-old son during a break at a camp this spring. In front of them was a puzzle of nine small pieces. For K., who has a neurodevelopmental difference, it called on everything he had been working on for two years.