SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

There are many children whose parents have lost their livelihoods through the tsunami and are struggling to pay even the modest amount for schooling. The Fund has started by helping a few families and Barry & Christiane have let it be known that they are willing to help many more. They feel that this is a particularly valuable way of spending the money.

 

 

Tanisorn Juprasert (aged 14)

 

He is living with his parents, but his father is away a lot because he is a fisherman. His boat was completely destroyed in the tsunami and The Fund built him a new one.  His sister Thanaree also has Patrons and is studying at University in Bangkok.

 

He is attending the Chalernprakiat School in Phuket.

 

Scholarship awarded by Florence Koplow (USA)

Nawapon Jaingam (aged 11)

 

He attends the Wichitsongkran School in Phuket and lives with his grandmother. His father is a construction worker earning 300 Baht a day so the family is very poor. The fund gave him a bicycle last Christmas.

 

He studies English, Math’s, Science, Thai Social Studies, Art & P.E. He likes running and is good at it.

 

Scholarship awarded by Richard and Diana Edghill (Barbados).

A Scholarship at the Phuket Vocational College is 10,000 Baht a year (₤200) (€225) (US$295) and the students usually stay 3 years before either taking a two year diploma at 16,000 Baht a year (₤325) (€355) (US$470) or going onto university where the costs are between 20,000 & 30,000 Baht a year.

 

Patrons are sent annual reports and are generally kept informed about their student. The students are selected by the College Welfare Officer and a scholarship can make all the difference to being able to complete an education or having to drop out through lack of money.

 

New Patrons are always needed and my E-Mail is barrycager1@yahoo.co.uk

 

 

 

PHUKET VOCATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS 2009

 

Amornrat Mujinda. (Now aged 19)

 

Amornrat was one of the original students from 2005 who lived on her own when she was only 13 as both her parents had new families and moved away.

 

She has completed her first year at Rajabhat University in Phuket studying Marketing. She is also a member of a Thai Classical Dance troupe which performs at some of the hotels.

 

Scholarship awarded by Tony & Pamela Townshend (England)

Hathaichanok Ngoonmanee (Now aged 19)

 

Lives with her mother and three siblings as her father is dead and her mother works in an hotel. She likes mathematics and she is starting her second year Diploma Course at the PVC studying Accountancy will mean that she can qualify with only two years spent at University.

 

Scholarship awarded by Peter & Liz Paul-Huhne (England)

Naruemon Sae Jiew (now aged 19)

 

She is one of our original students taking a Diploma Course in Accountancy at the Phuket Vocational College. She lives with her mother who owns a small orchard and sells her produce in the local market.

 

Her parents are separated and there are four children in the family so money is short.

 

Scholarship awarded by Richard & Margaret Rawlings (England)

Jidra Songkun (Now aged 20)

 

Jidra is also one of the original students and has just completed her first year at Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok. For personal family reasons she has had to return to Phuket and has been accepted by Rajabhat University to study Tourism, but she will have to start her four year course from scratch.

 

Scholarship awarded by Florence Koplow (USA)

 


Sirirat Suthi Nual (Now aged 18)

She is also taking a two year Diploma Course in Accountancy at the PVC and is one of our original students. She has done a pre-cadet course and is athletic. She is also one of the few girls who can swim.

 

She may join the Police or Military when her education is completed.

 

Scholarship awarded by Florence Koplow (USA)

 

 Thanaree Juprasert (aged 21).

 

She was one of the two students who went to Dublin in 2006 and she has now completed three years at the Dhurakij Pundit University in Bangkok. She is studying Tourism & Hotel Management with her lectures given entirely in English.

 

As she was staying in Phuket during the summer holidays she helped me when we took other children on the boat as her English is near perfect.

 

Scholarship awarded by Oyster Marine Ltd. (England) & David & Susan Dunn (France).

Tippawan Yonsang. (Now aged 19) 

 

She is taking a two year Diploma Course in Accountancy at the PVC and is having English lessons at the ECC Language School in the evenings.

 

She lives with her mother and three siblings and helps out at the weekends when her mother has a food stall in the local market near my home. Tippawan has helped with catering at my house from time to time and she met her Patron here when Jean was staying recently.

 

Scholarship awarded by Jean Cager (England)

Nutchanat Chaipoldech (aged 18)

 

Comes from Trang in Southern Thailand and has completed her first year at Rajabhat University in Phuket studying Tourism. She speaks some English and has attended a course at the ECC Language School.

 

She plays a Thai instrument with another girl at the hotels and also works part time at Big C a large shopping centre. She played at my Christmas party.

 

Scholarship awarded by Stuart & Avril Musgrave (Ireland).

 

Jaroenporn Jaroenmart (Now aged 19)

 

He is taking a Diploma Course in Home Economics, Food & Nutrition at the PVC and lives with his mother who is a bakery cook at the Kata Beach Hotel.

 

Jaroenporn’s team has won the Ten Pin Bowling two years running in spite of my efforts to handicap him. He is also a good swimmer. He will try to become a chef in one of the tourist hotels when he graduates. He has a very good personality.

 

Scholarship awarded by Tony & Pamela Townshend (England).

 

Tippawan Bua-In (aged 19)

 

She is taking a two year Diploma Course in Tourism & Hotel Management at the PVC. She works in her spare time at the Phuket City Hotel and hopes to get a job there when her course is completed.

 

Tippawan met her Patrons recently when they came to visit Phuket.

 

Scholarship awarded by Ian & Valerie Stone (England)

Sutiporn Nonthree (aged 18)

 

She has just started a two year Diploma Course in Accountancy at the PVC. Her father died when she was young and her mother left her and a younger brother with grandmother. She works in her spare time to help support herself and her family.

 

Scholarship awarded by Maree Brown (England).

Kannika Suwannakarn (aged 18)

 

She lives in Phuket with her parents near to the PVC. Her father lost his job when the factory where he worked closed down so now both her parents work in a laundry. She has a brother aged 7.

 

She is studying Accounting and has another year before finishing High School. Her grade is very good at 3.84 last year.

 

Scholarship awarded by Fiona Maguire (Scotland)

Suthaporn Amornwech (aged 18)

She lives with her mother & grandmother who operate a market stall as her parents are separated. She has two brothers aged 14 & 16. She works at the Royal Phuket City Hotel in her spare time.

 

She is taking a Diploma Course at the PVC in Tourism and her grade is very good at 3.67.

 

Scholarship awarded by Ray Harvey & Gillian Goodey (England).

 

Daruwan Tararuttanakul (aged 19)

 

She lives with her mother as her parents are separated. Her mother works as a maid in a private house. As she lives nearby sometimes she helps me with the boat when I take friends out. She has also helped when I have a party at home.

 

She has completed her first year at Rajabhat University, Phuket studying Communication Arts and is also having English lessons at the ECC Language School.

 

Scholarship awarded by David and Dani Phelps (England)

Anthika Inthum (aged 16)

 

Anthika is studying Hotel & Tourism in her second year at the PVC. She has a brother and sister and her mother works as a housekeeper at the Laguna Beach Resort. She lives with her family in Cherngtalay near my home.

 

She hopes to work in hotel reception when she finishes her education.

 

Scholarship awarded by Henry Ponsonby (England)

 

Mekkhala Yomyai (aged 16)

 

She is studying Hotel and Tourism in her second year at the PVC. Her mother and father work as freelance gardeners so their income is irregular. There is one sister also living at home.

 

As they live at the top of Phuket Island Mekkhala has to get up at 05.30 every day to get to College in town. She wants to work in hotel reception when she finishes her education.

 

Scholarship awarded by Alain Lecerf and Odile de Lalene (France)

 

Sujitra Kheawchaoom (aged 22)

 

Sujitra has graduated in Accountancy from Ratchamongkol University in Bangkok in the top four and she is our first student to finish. This is her official photograph upon graduating and her degree will be presented by a Royal Princess later in the year. She has found a job in Phuket working for a marine company in the Boat Lagoon. Her Patrons have rewarded her by giving her English classes at the ECC Language School.

 

Scholarship awarded by The Margaret Cropper Trust (England).

Samnang Ny. (Cambodia)

 

Samnang lives in Seam Reap near Angkor Wat and has finished her first year at the Build Bright University where she is studying Business Management. She is our only student in Cambodia and her standard of English is very good. In her spare time she works in an hotel restaurant because she needs to earn money as she supports herself entirely.

 

Scholarship awarded by Barbara Ehlers (England)

 

 
 

 

SCHOLARSHIP PARTY MAY 2009

 
 

Ten Pin Bowling was a big success last year but was the first time anyone had done it before and by popular request we had another go this year.  This time the competition was much hotter.

 

Here Tippawan Bua-In, Daruwan, Suthaporn, Amornrat & Tippawan Yonsang are weighing up the bowls before the action starts.

 

Jaroenporn, who is the only boy we have at the Phuket Vocational College, was in the winning team both games last year.

 

Here he is with Anthika, Naruemon & Sutiporn which turned out to be the winning team again in the first session.

 



Home for lunch

 

By popular request everybody wanted to come back to my house for lunch.

 

They certainly punished the food and doing their own cooking on the barbeque was a big success as was making their own Thai papaya salad in a bowl. That dish can blow your mind.

 

Swimming

 

Only Jaroenporn, Sirirat & Hathaichanok can actually swim, but it doesn‘t matter in my pool which is very shallow at one end and in any case they can all wear swimming buoyancy vests.  

 

Mekkhala, Sirirat, Tippawan Y, & Jidra are pictured.

 


 

Relaxing

 

Hathaichanok & Amornrat are having a quiet chat and put on lovely smiles for the camera.

 

Amornrat did not want to swim because last time she failed to secure her vest between her legs and she dropped out the bottom and got a big scare.

Group photo

 

Everybody posed for the final photo, students, teachers & helpers and a request has been made already for next year for a trip on the boat. I will have to coerce another boat owner to join in as I am not buying a bigger boat!