By Jason R. Baron | Founder & President
All of our nineteen Chelly Scholars (seventeen of whom are women) continue to do well at universities in Phnom Penh, with two expected to graduate after this term ends. Included here is a picture of Manouv, with her family -- Manouv is a chemistry major who has dreams of going to graduate school to continue her studies. A second picture is of Channary, who raced through her courses in English in two years to graduate, and who expects to continue her studies in a graduate program for English teaching. We are proud of them both, as well as of all of our scholarship students.
Plans for next Fall include adding between four and seven new scholarship students to our program. Your generous donations to Global Giving and to our other fundraising activities have changed the trajectory of not only these students lives, but hundreds of other students in the villages of Chum Kuri district who have been inspired by their example. The ripples we are making include a tremendous improvement in the pass rates on the 12th grade exam given nationwide in Cambodia at the local high school we built The Chelly Library at -- up from 50% to 90% in the years since we started in the village in 2016. While The Chelly Foundation does not have the capacity to provide scholarships to all 180 or so graduating seniors who pass the national exam, the fact that a greater percentage pass each year means better jobs and a chance at a better life for many more young people. We are making a difference thanks to all those who donate to our programs.
On June 7, 2019, we will be holding a fundraiser in Seattle, on a rooftop building downtown near Pike Place Market. If you or someone you know lives in the Seattle area, please come out to support the cause. For details, please see www.thechellyfoundation.org and click on the event on our home page. We will be having one or more other fundraisers later this year, including in New York City, so stay tuned!
Thank you again for your generous support!
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