I go overseas and speak to other blind people and they have Masters and graduate diplomas. We have nothing. In Cambodia, the blind do not go to high school. I will go back to university. I will make them understand that I can.
Financial support can be hard to find inside Cambodia.
Boun Mao Laments the fact that many Buddhists believe a disability in this life is punishment for a misdemeanour in a pas life, and that giving money to disabled causes makes it more likely they will be reincarnated bearing the disability they supported. As well, there is seen to be more merit in giving to schools and pagodas. But the support is there. The Japanese are enthusiastic. And Boun Mao has a lot more overseas trips planned to lobby others.