Scholarship places on courses
at IALF Bali
As part of its contribution to community development IALF Bali offers
free places on its General English program to selected government and
provincial departments and NGOs. To date in 2006 almost 40 participants
have taken the opportunity to study at the IALF under this program.
The government departments receiving scholarships in 2006 are district
police (including tourist police) and manpower and the NGOs are East Bali
Poverty Project, YKIP (which supports Bali bomb victims), Seniwati Gallery
for Art by Women as well as the winner of the competition organised by
the provincial government to identify the best student of Balinese traditional
culture.
The participants have good attendance and respond positively to the English
language ourses. IALF hopes that with improved English language skills
they can better meet the requirements of their jobs.
IALF CEO Geoffrey Crewes presents an end-of-course certificate to Pak
Kumolo Adi Saputro from the Indonesian provincial police force.
The group of IALF scholarship students at the end of term 2 with Geoffrey
Crewes, Denise Finney (Manager, IALF Bali), Murhayati (Program Officer,
IALF Bali) standing far left and Ni Komang Wartini (Program Manager IALF
Bali) standing third from left.
IALF supports IKAMA Surya Scholarship program
The Surabaya branch of the Indonesian Australia Alumni Association (IKAMA)
has successfully established an ongoing program of financial assistance
for school students in
Surabaya whose continuation at school was in jeopardy due to financial
circumstances. The initial program of scholarships targeted senior secondary
students but recently the focus has been on supporting students in basic
education. The scholarships, which are for three years, provide enough
money to enable students to stay in school. Between 30 and 40 scholarships
will be awarded this year, depending on funds available.
The scholarship program is funded entirely from donations, including
those from more than 200 IKAMA Surya members. The IALF has contributed
to this worthwhile program
since its inception in 2002 and Alex Gough, Manager IALF Surabaya, recently
attended the launch of the 2006 program held at Ubaya University, Surabaya.
For more information about IKAMA Surya and their scholarship program please
visit www.ikama.or.id or contact the office at ikama_surya@yahoo.com
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