The YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya handed out about 675,000 baht in scholarships to students with good grades, but bad financial hardships.
YWCA Chairwoman Praichit Jetapai and Pattaya City Council members Sinchai Wattanasartsathorn and Thanet Supornsahatrangsi handed out the 323 stipends at the Diana Garden Resort Aug. 26.
The money for the scholarships came from 85 government and private-sector benefactors, with recipients hailing from 50 schools and seven higher-education institutes.
Primary-school students received 1,800 baht each, and vocational school pupils were given 2,500 baht each.
Six lucky university students received 20,000 baht each.
Student Wilawan Harnjan, a previous recipient, praised the YWCA’s Warm Family project, saying it allowed her to graduate from Burapa University with a degree in information studies. She now works as a librarian at Pathumkongka School in Bangkok.
“It gave me an opportunity equal to other children and knowledge that is valuable and will remain with me forever,” she said. “I can have a good career and earn money to take care of myself and my family.”
