Beginning in 2003, the Give Something Back International Foundation started giving scholarships to needy children in grades K-12 in Vietnam and Thailand. We are currently sponsoring more than one hundred fifty children per school year. The children are carefully chosen on the basis of need. Many are orphans or come from broken homes. Almost all the children have to work to support their families or themselves, often earning the equivalent of just a few pennies a day. By providing the scholarship we enable the children to continue at school where they can master the basic skills of reading and writing. Through their education the children get a fairer chance in life and an opportunity to escape from the poverty into which they were born. The information below was taken directly from the child and translated into English.
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student: Nattachai Phuchunsri
gender: Male
date of birth: 10/27/1997
school level: Primary 1
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school: Muangmai Witaya School
province: NONGBUALUMPHOO
year: 2004/2005
student number: 787
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student lives with: Grandparents
Ntattachai's parents are divorced. His mother is working in Bangkok as a casual laborer. The family is poor. His grandparents make some money selling "Isan" food prepared at home. The grandparents still sell a food at home and make 200 baht per day.
personal background and ambition:
Beem is a happy fun child. His physical and mental development is behind others his age. He has a good imagination. He has enjoyed first grade this year. We found that he is talkative, moves all the time while interviewing him. He knows a lot about bird flu because his three chickens died. He is a happy boy, not very sad when we ask about his parents. He would like to be a soldier. His drawings show us that he likes cartoons.
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student: Yutasak Than-u-thit
gender: Male
date of birth: 7/10/1996
school level: Primary 2
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school: Bankhoksa Art School
province: NONGBUALUMPHOO
year: 2004/2005
student number: 788
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student lives with: Mother
Yutasak is the second of four children. His mother is not married. She sells snacks and drinks from a small shop in their house and also goes out to work as a day laborer. Yutasak need funds for school clothing, school supplies and school lunch. He has an older brother who is 10 years old and he has 2 younger brothers. They are 7 and 3. They are all healthy.
personal background and ambition:
Yutasak is a pleasant, good looking boy. He thinks he would like to be a policeman when he grows up. We found that he still wants to be a policeman. He is also likes to play badminton. He is enjoying school
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student: Arthit Phongdet
gender: Male
date of birth: 02/01/1996
school level: Primary 2
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school: Phonlim Anukroh, Huanadam Yongtalat
province: KALASIN
year: 2004/2005
student number: 790
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student lives with: Uncle
Arthit's father is dead his mother is in Bangkok. He lives with an uncle who is very poor. They live in a one room house with no furnishings. His uncle is a farmer. Arthit is grateful for his uncles caring. His mother works in Bangkok and sends 61,000 per month. The uncle's family is poor. Their house is under construction and is unfinished. They have a big hole in the roof. There are no windows. We did not see the student this year but we have received a letter and a picture.
personal background and ambition:
Arthit writes that he wants to be a policeman. He saw a thief stealing and believes he can help the victims.
study results: 4 (scale 1-4)
Arthit works hard in school. He is polite. He gets good grades. He likes to read and goes to the school library. Arthit promises to be a good student.
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student: Kunlaya Phuphareesor
gender: Female
date of birth: 05/02/1998
school level: Primary 1
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school: Watchaisuntorn School
province: KALASIN
year: 2004/2005
student number: 791
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student lives with: Grandparents
Kunlaya lives with her Grandparents who are quite old and do not have regular jobs. They earn 15,000 baht per year doing odd jobs. Parents have divorced and remarried and do not send support. The family needs help to cover basic school needs. Unfortunately this child did not meet us on our trip. We have received a picture and a grade report and her letter from the provincial authorities.
personal background and ambition:
Kunlaya lives in a small room with her grandparents and other relatives.
study results: 2.99 (scale 1-4)
Awarded in: 2004/1, Kunlaya's grade report looks good.
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student: Phongsukarn Thongchai
gender: Male
date of birth: 29/12/1997
school level: Primary 1
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school: Chumchon Kaengkham Witaya, Nikhom Sahat Khan
province: KALASIN
year: 2004/2005
student number: 792
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student lives with: Grandparents
Phongsukarn's parents are divorced and he has grown up living with his grandparents. He has an older brother. There are many dependants in their house. Two of the children are in kindergarten. The grandfather is 72 and grandmother is 65. Grandmother works. She earns a small amount of money. Now and then a relative will send money.
personal background and ambition:
Phongsukarn has a good report from kindergarten. He likes to play sports and likes to read. He reads Thai quite well. The first semester in PI he received a good grade report. Phongsukarn wants to be a policeman.
study results: 3 (scale1-4)
Awarded in: 1/04
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student: Sanwich Ansiri
gender: Male
date of birth: 04/06/1997
school level: Primary 1
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school: Chumchon Kaengkham Wittaya Nikho
province: KALASIN
year: 2004/2005
student number: 793
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student lives with: Grandparents
His grandparents are low income farmers. Sanwich has two cousins living together with him. The grandparents care for the three children. They all do well in school but the grandparents just do not have enough to pay for all their expenses.
personal background and ambition:
Sanwich is just beginning primary school. He looks like a healthy happy child. He is well behaved.
study results: 2.25 (scale 1-4)
Awarded in: 1/04, Sanwich likes football. He is an average student.
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student: Somruthai Yangdiow
gender: Female
date of birth: 02/08/1996
school level: Primary 2
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school: Ban Moan Songkroh, Huaipho
province: KALASIN
year: 2004/2005
student number: 794
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student lives with: Grandparents
Somruthai and her sister live with her grandparents. Her parents have to find work in another province to support the family. Her grandparents are poor and earn very little money. Somruthai misses her parents. They come home during the rice growing season to help out with the rice farming. At this time Thailand's northeast "Isan" is experiencing a drought. Folks engaged in farming are not doing very well.
personal background and ambition:
Somruthai is a pleasant girl. She has many friends and she likes to be helpful around the house.
study results: 3.9 (scale 1-4)
Awarded in: 2004/1, Somruthai is a smart little girl at the top of her class. Her dream is to come back to her village and teach school. She worries that her dream will not come true because her family is very poor.
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student: Pornprasert Laokanha
gender: Male
date of birth: 12/06/1990
school level: Secondary 1
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school: Thairat Wittaya 50 School
province: NAKORNPANOM
year: 2004/2005
student number: 795
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student lives with: Aunt
Pornprasert is living with his Aunt and three older cousins. His parents are divorced. His father has remarried and does not contact him. His mother has worked in Bangkok since he was three and visits once a year. The mother sends him 1,000 baht per mouth. The aunt is a rice farmer with a very low income.
personal background and ambition:
Pornprasert does well in class. He is cheerful and polite. He likes math and computer and football. He plays on the school football team. He likes to play table tennis.
study results: 2.7 (scale 1-4)
Jack's grades are average. He likes computer and gets to use the one at school at least once per day. He enjoys music and singing. He doesn't care much for English. He will be going to Junior High School next year.
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student: Narumol Larbpoe
gender: Female
date of birth: 15/10/1993
school level: Primary 5
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school: Thairat Wittaya 50 School
province: NAKORNPANOM
year: 2004/2005
student number: 796
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student lives with: Aunt
Narumol now lives with her aunt. She has 7 older sisters and brothers. They are a poor farming family. Her mother died when she was 3 mos. old from T.B. and her father has passed away from liver disease in 2002. They have had to borrow money in order to live. Her brothers and sisters send money back to her aunt for taking care of her.
personal background and ambition:
Narumol is quiet. She is thin and weak. She also suffers from T.B. which she is being treated for. She is cheerful and helpful at home and with friends. She wants to continue on in school to become a teacher. The TB is especially bad during the cold season.
study results: 2.05 (scale1-4)
Awarded in: 1/2004, Narumol GPA is over 2. She has school friends and she enjoys playing volleyball. She would like to become a teacher and teach Thai.
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student: Sarawut Kamin
gender: Male
date of birth: 20/02/1994
school level: Primary 4
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school: Ban Nadee Wittaya
province: NAKORNPANOM
year: 2004/2005
student number: 798
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student lives with: Grandparents
Sarawut age l0 and his younger brother age 7 are living with their grandparents. His mother died of Aids and the father has remarried and left them. Grandparents are rice farmers. They own 4 rai and their house. Grandmother is 58 and Grandfather is 68. Grandparents are both healthy. Sarawut helps with the farming. Father has sent some money once. They have one harvest a year. Enough to eat but nothing to sell. They also have chickens and grow vegetables. He saw his father 2 years ago.
personal background and ambition:
Sarawut likes being in the boyscouts and he can cook his own food. He likes to grow flowers. He doesn't talk too much. He looks like he is poor and old.
study results: 3.18 (scale 1-4)
Awarded in: 1/2004, Sarawut is a reasonably good student. He is interested in school and would like to be a teacher. He is good in Math and got grade 4. English is not so good. He likes to play football and read books.
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