Jun 25 /
Philippines 08-09 Scholarship Winners

This article was originally published in the Sun Star Philippines

2 Davao students get US scholarship

TWO Davao City high school students have qualified as scholars for the Partners of Learning Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program of the American Field Scholars (AFS) for school year 2008-2009.

In a letter from Elizabeth Venzon-Eduave, Interim National director of AFS-YES Program addressed to Education Secretary Jesli A. Lapus, Ibrahim Almotayri of Sta. Ana National High School and Anwar Alauya of Toril NHS are among the 40 students nationwide identified as AFS-YES recipients.

The selected third year students will have the opportunity for home stay in the United States of America (USA) while at the same time study in the schools in the US for a year.

They will leave on August 10 to start their year as AFS-YES scholars.

To date, the foundation has a total of 158 scholars, 40 of them are currently in the US and will reach to 198 upon the departure of these new batch of scholars.

The program aims to provide intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding to create a more just and peaceful world.

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Photo: Elizabeth Eduave, AFS Philippines