College Scholarships for Young Women in Cambodia

Thanks to all of our donors, The Chelly Foundation is expanding its reach in providing more scholarships to young women this year. The promise we made to our GlobalGiving donors was that we would fund two scholarships for young women in the 2017-2018 school year, and two in the 2018-2019 school year.  Last year, we exceeded our goals by providing three scholarships to young women, and this year we intend to match that number!

While we await the results of this year's National exam for 12th graders (coming out around September 10), we can report that one young woman in particular has impressed us during the past year: her name is Jakkrya (pictures below including with her family).  Jakkrya comes from a family in poverty.  She is without a father, and her mom works long hours as a farmer to make ends meet.  Jakkrya does very well in English in school, and wishes to be either a teacher or even a banker (if she gets to go to university).   Earlier this Summer, Jakkrya inteviewed for a place at the Harpswell school in Phnom Penh, and she is the only girl from Chumkuri District who passed the first round interview and exam.   Whether or not she receives an invite to attend Harpswell, The Chelly Foundation will provide her with a full scholarship to university in Phnom Penh starting this Fall.

When the National Exam test results come back, we will invite at least two more young women to become Chelly Scholars. 

In addition to pictures of Jakkrya, abve is a picture of some of our existng group of Chelly Scholars, taken on a day that they returned to their local high school in Chumkuri to help with a special celebration at their school sponsored by our Foundation.   Every Chelly Scholar pledges to do their best in school and to be a role model for younger children currently in school in Chumkuri.  We are proud of every Chelly Scholar for being such shining lights and we know they will continue to inspire.....