Girls line up in front of their new dormitory at Nget Pyaw Daw Monastic School in southern Myanmar that is supported by the Myanmar Children's Foundation. The foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2007 by Davis High School graduate Max Harrington, who desired to help rural school children in the country where he was teaching fourth-graders. Courtesy photo

Susan Steinbach, left, and Leslie Anastassatos, board members of the Myanmar Children's Foundation, check out progress on the new girls' dorm at a monastic school in Myanmar. Courtesy photo

Members of the Myanmar Children's Foundation display photos of children who are being supported by "Stay in School" donors. From left are Koen Van Rompay, Anna Joy Thigpen Hunt, Leslie Anastassatos, Susan Steinbach, Carol Corbett and Elaine Barratt. The program pairs an American donor with a Myanmar child; the donor provides the child with a school uniform and supplies, tuition fees and nutritional supplements. Courtesy photo

Davis residents show off some of the books and school supplies donated by supporters of the Myanmar Children's Foundation, which were delivered during a "travel with a purpose" trip last November to Myanmar. Courtesy photo

During a trip in May, Anna Joy Thigpen Hunt of Davis, a Myanmar Children's Foundation board member, gets to know children at one of the monastic schools supported by the foundation. She taught English conversation and games to young pupils and also taught hospitality English to tour guides in Mawlamyine, a city in southern Myanmar. Courtesy photo