Welcome to MYVI
Message from the Academic Director
Welcome to the world of hospitality. It is my pleasure to introduce a program designed not only to equip you with practical, job-ready skills, but also to inspire your passion for service excellence. The hospitality industry is one of the most dynamic and rewarding sectors in the world, offering endless opportunities for growth, creativity, and meaningful human connection.
Our training is built on a strong foundation of hands-on learning, industry engagement, and personalised support. Whether you are beginning your career journey or looking to enhance your existing skills, this course will provide you with the knowledge, confidence, and professionalism needed to thrive in real workplace environments.
We focus on cultivating a ‘service-first’ mindset, underpinned by a deep understanding of the global standards that drive the experience economy. Our commitment is to provide a transformative educational environment that empowers learners to become leaders in an increasingly interconnected world.
We are committed to nurturing your talent, guiding your development, and preparing you for a successful future in hotels, restaurants, tourism, and other service-focused settings.
I warmly invite you to take this brave and exciting step with us. I cannot wait to see the amazing journey you will create and the lives you will touch through your work in this beautiful industry.
— Academic Director
Vision
Empowering a generation of young people with skills and opportunities for a brighter future.
Mission
To provide high-quality training, English skills and whole-of-life skills to disadvantaged youth aged 18 to 30, leading to employment opportunities and personal development. Education is the key to freedom.
Values and Culture
We will develop a sustainable, inclusive social enterprise model based on our core pillars:
- Enrich the lives of our students
- Enrich the success of our people
- Contribute to our surrounding communities who are struggling
- Continuous sustainability in education
History
The story of MYVI bagan with the New Life Foundation’s orphanage project in Mingaladon, Yangon, back in 2005/2006, where we quickly realised we needed to provide training and find orphans jobs as they became adults. We put together a team who looked at many different training restaurant projects in Vietnam and Cambodia, searching for a self-sustainable model. Friends International in Cambodia operated several training restaurants that were self-sustaining, selling mainly to foreign tourists.
We then built a training restaurant in Bagan, central Myanmar. We started training students in hospitality alongside running the restaurant, which provided the income stream we needed to train, feed and house the students. We finished building in 2015 and opened with 16 students; by 2019 we had 30 students and were 90% self-funding through restaurant sales to tourists.
COVID and the conflict meant we had no more tourists or customers, so we had to change our operation. We became a hospitality training school and, to fund ourselves, contracted to INGOs — teaching hospitality courses for Swisscontact and Plan International.
Myanmar Youth Vocational Institute (MYVI) is an officially registered Myanmar Charity Organisation (Registration No. 1/local/1158). Established in 2016 and formally registered in 2019, MYVI has successfully operated campuses in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay, and Bagan, training more than 500 students to date.
MYVI’s work focuses especially on orphaned and vulnerable young people, helping them build sustainable futures through professional hospitality education, English language development, and essential life skills.
Governance
- Board established
- Australian entity financials lodged with ACNC — 30 June 2025
- Myanmar audited accounts from inception (2017–2025)
- Monthly financials and system controls established
- Relevant policies established