| Cambodia Corps, Inc. (CCi) September 26, 2007 |
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University Scholarship Program
Overview
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| The first of Cambodia's highlanders
to attain a college education was Yun Mane, a female of the Bunong
Tribe in Mondolkiri Province. Last year she graduated with a
Bachelor of Law degree and works on behalf of
her people in the UN Development Program. She also represents
hill tribes people whose land has been seized by outsiders, studies for
a
masters degree, and advises our program as well as our college
students one of whom is her younger sister. Mane's
education is attributable to Refugees
International which also supports our program and sponsors one of
our college students. Mane's our role
model. The subsequent 20 hill tribe and rural Khmer students of Mondolkiri to access higher education are from our child's shelter. The ethnic Khmer among them are from highlander villages, identify more closely with that culture, and will be very important in hill tribe advocacy and bridging the cultural gap. Our objective is 30 college graduates by Year 2013. They plus our high school graduates will comprise the educated leadership without which their people will suffer the fate of the American Indian and more tropical forests will be destroyed. |
| The first CCi college graduate, March 2007: |
Chann Bunthan
BS Information TechnologyUniversity of Specialties Sponsor: Tommy Daniels, Pres. USA SF VN |
| Bunthan is currently working in Mondolkiri
assisting our neighboring non profits with their IT
needs. In July he'll set up a computer lab in the Bunong Cultural Center adjacent to the child's shelter and teach our secondary school students computer skills. The Bunong Cultural Center is being established through a grant from BHP Billiton. |
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| Below VP Paco Gregg rear center;
Site Manager Uth Siramaren extreme right; and Assist Site Manager Yang
Dany extreme left with our current 20 students. |
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| In July 2008 five more of our students will
graduate from universities
with degrees in Civil Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, and Rural
Development & Agriculture. Among them are the 2nd and 3rd of
Cambodia's female Montagnards to
earn a college degree. They are Len Sopheap and Yun Ravy, left
end of second
row in above photo. To pay the very modest cost of a university education in Cambodia, we depend on an individual sponsor or a closely related group of same for each student. A sponsor supports his/her student through degree completion. Some contributors prefer the College Scholarship General Fund (CSGF) below which enables students without sponsors to start college and those who remain unsponsored to stay in school. Please support our university scholarship program and contribute towards the survival of the Montagnard culture and their tropical forests. |
| College Scholarship
General Fund -
significant / continuing contributors: |
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| Barlow, Greg & Eli - USA SF VN Bechtoldt, Bob - USA SF VN Beets, Larry - USA SF VN Bell, Jayne & Charlie Beneda, Karen Bernard Williams & Company Brandt, Craig & Millie - USAF VN Brubaker, Paul & Miriam - USA SF VN Build Cambodia, Inc. Clarke, David - USA VN Comini, Jon - USA SF VN, IMO Dr. L. Lowe Counterparts VN Crenshaw, Carlton & Linda - 3/26 USMC VN Daniels, Tommy - USA SF VN Di Giampaolo, Michael - 3/26 USMC VN Dressel, Bob - USA VN Ellis, Jim - Counterparts VN Finstad, Lee & Polly - USA SF VN |
Frankowski, Joe - Counterparts VN Friends of Cambodia George, Stephanie IMO LTC Raymond L. George Gregg, Paco & Patricia - 3/26 USMC VN Herman, Gerry Holloway, Rex Icardo, Adam Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lincoln, NE Jacobsen, Ken - Counterparts VN Jarnigan, Jack & Paula - COORDS VN Kelly, Stewart Lund, Michael & Carol - Counterparts VN Lyons, Ben - USA SF VN Marine Corps Reunion 3/26 Vietnam Miller, Ralf & Sue - USAF VN Miller, Walker & Patty O'Connor, Dick - USA SF VN O'Malley, Jim - Counterparts VN |
Petrie, George - USA SF VN Pickerill, Joe - Counterparts VN Refugees International, Inc. Ritter, Don Roberts, Surry - USA VN Special Forces Association, Chapter VI Simmons, Jim - Counterparts VN Southern Allergy & Asthma, PC Story, Margie & Charles Termotto, Sandy & Linda - USA VN VFW, Chapter 1781 VVA, Chapter 727 VVA, Chapter 757 VVA, OR State Council Walters, Robert Webster, Richard & Diane - Counterparts VN Williams, Alan & Claire |