An email can change someone's life

Today I attended the Connect Women Conference 2014, Oct 17. In the panel discussion about women entrepreneurship, Ms, Grace Swe Zin Htaik participated.

She is a Myanmar Academy Award-winning actress, acting in over 200 movies throughout her film career, debuting in 1971. She retired from filming in 1991. She currently works with Population Services International, an international NGO in Burma. She attended the Rangoon Institute of Economics, graduating in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in commerce. After retirement she started learning how to use computer, then how to use emails. After years, she got an email from a NGO, based in USA. She was invited to attend international events and was hired by NGOs to work in social development of Myanmar.


So she said in the conference "an email changed my life". Yes. Email changed her life.I would rather said the technology changed her life, from an actress to a social development leader. She would also be one of the earliest blogger in Myanmar because she started blogging in 2007. The blog link is www.graceswezinhtaik.blogspot.com

Yes. She also proved that it is never too late to start learning. And the technology is the most important need for those who want to learn. If being able to use internet and computer, people can easily learn from online. People can read Wikipedia, can watch education video and can attend online learning courses. She proved that. One moral lesson I got from her is "an email can change someone's life'.

Author: Aung Kham

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