60 high school students will benefit from the "I AM BELIZE Scholarship Club" after a cheque was handed over to Restore Belize by the BNE Trust. The handing over ceremony was held yesterday evening. The cheque of four hundred thousand dollars will assist these underprivileged children with the chance to get a high school education.
Sharon Ramclam, General manager - BNE Trust
"We decided that the trust to support the "I am Belize scholarship program." There were 60 students that were enroll in the program up until July of this year and the trust decided to essentially adopt these 60 students and the partnership really is to see these students graduate through to 4th form. They are in various forms and so we are very excited to have been able to support the education of these 60 kids."
"There are features of the partnership that requires commitment from the students and we feel that this is a very indebt 3 way partnership between the Trust, RESTORE Belize and the kids where it's not only providing financial support for their educational advancement but it's also allowing for them to also commit and be responsible for their own development as well."
Marie Munoz, RESTORE Belize
"So far we have enlisted over 60 students consistently taking them up through the different grades. It caters to high school students and so we have children coming in and it's not based on excellence, it's based on need and so we have children coming in and applying to us. We try to make the process very simple. It's not complicated at all. They apply and then we offer the scholarship. It does not only include a full scholarship with tuition, we have provided shoes, school bags, books it just depends on the needs of the children as long as it is related to education we make the provision."
"This is going to take us through the other 4 years and so now we are provision for scholarships for 4 years. Today they will be presenting a cheque to hand that over to us."
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