Scholarship's for Slum Kids in Pattaya Thailand

A huge thank you to everyone who has given generously enabling approximately 80 kids to go to school. These children come from very poor communities and many of them have illiterate parents as well. Our scholarship program includes the cost of food, transport, books, uniforms, stationary and other needs such as excursions and project materials. 

Enabling a child to go to school needs to go beyond a onetime donation for books and uniforms as the struggles they face are daily. if they are unable to attend trip[s or project materials, the students simply fail that assessment task. If the child has all the tools but cannot get there, then there is no success. the approach needs to be comprehensive.

The students in our program also come to our Saturday kid's club program at least 2 times per month. Most actually come every week. This enables us to make sure the students are OK and provide extra support that may not be coming from their homes.

In addition to our sponsored children hand to hand is constantly responding to requests from schools for children who lack the basic supplies. We made a trip to remote Thailand, where there are no large sponsors to donate stationary to needy kids. Simply having a pencil so you can do your work and fretting about where you might borrow one for the day is life changing.

Thank you for all your support. Big and small, it all helps.

Links:

• Hand to Hand Foundation

As we draw close to the end of the Thai Buddhist calendar year, the students are also preparing to go on holidays until May. It is a very busy time of year for all of our students as they face exams and end of year assessments. 

Those finishing grade 6 and grade 9 must pass their exams in order to continue their education. If a grade 6 student fails, he/she can repeat the year many times, but they can never move onto the next year until they pass. This means grade 6 will sadly be the end of education for some students. Some of these students join the adult learning center at the Hand to hand foundation where they can progress at their own pace. Without basic literacy and numeracy skills employment opportunities are limited to underpaid construction jobs and collecting recyclable materials from garbage cans.

The new school year will start in May and all of our 100 students will neewd stationary packs, uniforms and books. We have preschool children graduating out of our program and their are many children all needing sponsors. If you would like to sponsor a child please email us and we can match you with a needy student.

Thank you so much for all of your support. The next payment to continue supporting your child will be in May 2024. You will be receiving an update on your child by the end of March 2024. If you do not receive this, please email us at h2hsponsors@yahoo.com

Links:

• Hand to Hand Foundation