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With the funds raised at “Sweet Charities”, private donations and contributions made through Give2Asia, FERC contributed scholarships to 97 Thai and ethnic hill tribe children at a specially organized Scholarship Awards Day. FERC honored the children while the Department of Education honored the foundation, its board and donors with a Certificate of Excellence.
Ninety two youngsters were given emergency and enrichment scholarships, providing assistance to families that had encountered emergency situations and needed additional funding for their child’s education or helping the child to participate in extracurricular educational activities such as computer studies, art, music and sports. One of the scholarship recipients addressed the gathering and thanked the foundation and its supporters. She spoke in English, and she spoke from her heart, noting the difficulties that many students face in completing their education.
High school scholarships went to five outstanding young scholars who participated in a selection process developed by the Scholarship Committee of the Foundation in collaboration with teachers and administrators from the school district. In addition to recommendations by their teachers, these students were then screened by regional administrators. Following this, they were interviewed by members of the Scholarship Committee, and the top five students were recommended to the Board of FERC for scholarships. Glynn Morgan and David Geddes, members of the Scholarship Committee and professional educators, will monitor their progress during the school year. Yuwan Pujeenaphan will serve as liaison to the school district.
The high school scholarship recipients have different skills and goals, but each has demonstrated an enthusiasm for completing her or his education. All would like to continue on to university. Their families are large and small, one is an only child but one has nine siblings. Overwhelmingly, they are motivated in their studies in order to make life better for their families. Wimala hopes to go to university and become an English teacher. She helps her parents sell flowers at the market on weekends. Chadarot wants to attend university and become a biology teacher. Her mother is a saa paper maker, but her business has suffered with the bad economy. Sirawit plans to become a mechanical engineer. His parents are rice and vegetable farmers. Yutthapong’s mother is a widow, but he is confident that he can find a way to become and computer and mathematics teacher.
Imagine the feelings that the Board members and their guests experienced as they put each of 97 scholarships into the hands of the smiling recipient. Think of the steady stream of school uniforms passing by the waiting donors. Feel the hope.
In other activities, FERC and its supporters made a donation of school items to the Baan Huay Pa Hon school, and they held a holiday party at the Santisuk School.
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