Yin Sona is a 9-year-old boy studying in grade 3. His parents were divorced, and each have their own family. Yin Sona is taken care of by his grandmother who is a widow and getting old. Every day she will go around the village to collect scarp for sale. Yin Sona’s mother will send home 100,000riels = S$33 a month which is not enough to support the whole family. Because they are poor, they receive government support of 102000riels = S$34 a month