Scholarships are our main project and receive our focused attention. We firmly believe that a good education will pave the way for a better future for underprivileged children. Our goal is to fund deserving students, who achieve satisfactory results, until they have completed their education.

Sri Lanka 2023

• In 2023 in Sri Lanka a total of 234 students will receive a scholarship, thanks to the support of all our friends and donors. The students and we are very grateful. 

There will be  3 Scholarship Programs in the country: 

1. On the Original Scholarship Program (started in 2006) will be a total of 66 students from different schools in various districts and provinces in Sri Lanka. 84 students are on this program this year. 

2. Since 2013 our fund has supported girls traumatized by the atrocities their parents faced during the Sri Lankan civil war and girls from distressed families. They live in a children's home established by the Salvatorian Sisters in the north of the country. In 2023 18 girls will receive scholarship support compared with 21 in 2022.

3. In 2015 115 students from the Holy Angels' Girls' School of Hope were added to our scholarship program. Effective with 2023, the seventh year that our fund is helping girls who come from tsunami affected as well as very poor families, 150 students will be supported. 

The breakdown between girls and boys on the 3 programs in Sri Lanka in 2023 is:

a/ Original Scholarship Program:                                          18 boys,  48 girls

b/ Students in the Salvatorian Sisters' Home:                                      18 girls

c/ Students in the Holy Angels' Girls' School of Hope                         150 girls

Total:                                                                                    18 boys, 216 girls

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- Scholarship applications are completed by students and the principals of their schools and reviewed by our trustees for eligibility.
 

- After approval, our local project coordinator explains the responsibility and accountability to students, their parents or guardians, class teachers, the school principals and, where applicable, other project coordinators.
 

- Funding is provided either for each semester or for one school year.
 

- Every year, a progress report is submitted for each student by the class teacher and signed by the school principal. (The Sri Lankan school year starts in early January and ends in November of each year. The annual progress reports are available in February of the following year.)

- Students who do not meet the minimum results will not be eligible for continued funding and will be replaced after new applications have been reviewed and approved. 

   Please note: this requirement was dropped starting with the 2020 school year. It will become effective again after
   one year of in-school teaching.

- Detailed statistics for the students on the scholarship program starting with 2007 until 2022 are available upon request. Please contact us at: ifescsf@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to receive these statistics.

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 09:51