By Mariana Palavra
Maungdaw, Rakhine- Htun Aye failed his matriculation exam but that didn’t demotivate him. The 21 year-old decided he would choose another way. “I decided to postpone the matriculation exam. In the meantime, I wanted to help other people, by improving their health and wellbeing”, he recalls. “Since then, I have been working in Maungdaw township hospital, helping with the patient admission process and injections administration. Back at my village, I take care of small wounds and non-prescription medicines.”
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Htun Aye visited Ma Shan's house in the different phases of the polio campaign ©UNICEF Myanmar/2016/Mariana Palavra
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