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Scholarship Update 2009

SI Dusit Scholarship Presentations at
Nakornrachasima, Mahasarakarm, and Khonkaen
on May 24 – May 25, 2009

Khun Pattama Triyakul reports:

Members who attended:

President Kathy Barnett,  PP Arunee Srifuengfung, Tessa, PP Sukanya Thavikulwat and her busband Mr. Yongyudh Thavilulwat and PP Pattama Triyakul

Nakornrachasima .

Mr. Pruttipong Terathammarat, our coordinator, had a done a really good job in not only in contacting our students but he also invited reporters from local newspaper, cable TV and national-wide newspapers in order to take pictures and report on this scholarship presentation. 

He had also asked his friend Khun Kanya to do the translation from Thai to English. Our President Kathy presided at the ceremony of presenting scholarships to 16 students, one of which is in vocational level, five in elementary and 10 in secondary level.  The total amount of scholarship given out was Baht 60,000. 


Our students were very happy. Some of them came up the stage to thank us on half of other students like Wipada Chinklang, who felt very thankful to us and promised that she would study hard.

Supaporn will also study hard and in the future will be good citizen for the society. Hattaya Singkha was a little bit nervous but also promised to study hard. She has an artificial leg and her relatives told us that Hattaya almost had to stop schooling  because they were out of money. When they received our letter telling her to come to get the scholarship they were very happy.

This means that timing in sending scholarship to our student is very crucial as it means their future is provided for. 

Other students also promised to study hard and some of them want to be good and be able to help others in the society as well.  Many of our students live with grandma and aunts because parents had already passed away. So we invited all our students, their parents, teachers and guardians as well as our coordinator for lunch.We spent Baht 5,000 for food,  meeting room and backdrop.

Moreover, Sukanya  gave a “red envelope” of Baht 100 to each of our student.  PP Arunee also gave Baht 100 each to guardians of our 16 students. 

I also gave each of our student and few people who assisted us on our scholarship program one  box  each containing  two beautiful mugs.  In addition, we presented pictures of Bhuddha to Khun Pruttipong and his assistants as a token of our appreciation. 

 

Mahasarakarm

Asst. Professor Udomsilp Wanchupela, our coordinator, has been helping us for twelve years. 

 

Most of the students have no father and they stay with relatives or grandma. All six students came up the stage to express their feeling about our scholarship. All of them were happy and thankful to our help. They will try to study hard and be a good person in the society and some of them would like to be able to help other as well. 

Nopparat Rodwichai, one of our medical students from Khonkaen, who is being trained in Mahasarakarm joined us at the ceremony and stayed for dinner with our members and Ajarn Udomsilp. He is doing well in his study and will be graduating in nine months. 

PP Arunee and PP Sukanya gave out pocket money as in Nakornrachasima.  We also gave them boxes of mugs. Students surprised our president Kathy and the club with a very beautiful vase of flowers as a way of saying thank-you to us.

  

Khonkaen University

We were greeted by Professor Maneewan and Khun Sudarat, our coordinators for the scholarship. We met four existing medical students because Niwat  is being trained in other province. They know very well the Vivian Scholarship Fund and looked happy. 

 

Nathida is now in 5th year studying anesthesia.  Nuntasiri (Pla) is very thankful for the scholarship.  She has done some social work and she liked to help people.  Mr. Chalermwut’s grade was 2.84 and he promised to study hard and tried to get better grade.   Ms. Thanyarat is also studying pediatric. 

We presented them with ceremonial scholarship because we deposited Baht 180,000 to the University’s account. 

Ajarn Maneewan, who has been managing scholarship for over 10 years, said that normally she would divide the scholarship by 12 and credit the student each month the same equal amount. This makes sure that students have money to spend for 12 months. 

Moreover, she also deducted a small portion of the scholarship so that in case of emergency, students still has some extra money to use. The scholarship given by donors usually does not pay for 100% of students’ expenses. The university also prefer it that way because  parents and/or guardian should have a part in the students’ education.The school fee for students from this year onward has been increased from Baht 7000 to Baht 24,000 per year. The increase in the amount of scholarship for new students is appropriate.We have interviewed three new students namely Chatchawanwichai , Thumrongsak , Jittima  and  Keminthra and her father was subsequently interviewed by PP Arunee Srifungfung and we felt that these students  are qualified and deserve to receive the Vivian Scholarship /Soroptimist Fund. Details of all candidates were given to Helena Mencer and all members who went to Khonkaen. 

OTHER

On the way back from the trip, PP Arunee kindly donated Baht 200,000 in the name of Janie Fund for our scholarship.

 

She was influenced by her mother who believed girls should have an education so that they can help themselves and have some freedom in life. She was very impressed by the way that we have handled our scholarship program. 

This fund is to sponsor students who wanted to become lawyer as she felt that there are lots of women who need legal assistance.  We are short of women lawyers. 

We will start by informing our existing scholarship students who are in Matayom 6 about this scholarship.  Moreover, the Janie Fund is also for scholarship for 19 students in Ranong, who she has been supporting.  She will transfer them to SI Dusit. 

We were very happy – and impressed – to hear that the amount of Baht 200,000 is not an isolated donation but will be considered on a yearly basis. Thank you Arunee!