We don't know what will happen in Burma tomorrow, but it is important that we are ready for change and transition when it takes place.Therefore I want to be part of the struggle to build a more peaceful and just society, and use the skills I have gained to benefit the country as a whole.
| Adopt-A-Scholarship Scheme |
| Saturday, 24 June 2006 04:21 |
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Prospect Burma's Adopt-A-Scholarship scheme is proving popular with supporters and between them they have pledged over £24,000 for scholarships in Teacher Training, Public Health, Nursing, Agriculture, and Ecology over the next 3-4 years, which will make a lasting contribution to setting up a much needed bank of skills and expertise in Burma in the future.
Here, Dr Nell O'Conor comments on why she has pledged to the scheme and outlines her choices. "I am delighted to contribute towards Prospect Burma's Adopt-A-Scholarship scheme. My top choice would be supporting training in ecology, as Burma once had a wealth of treasured land now being destroyed. My second choice would be supporting someone in teacher training - the encouragement of learning, not the regurgitating of irrelevant facts. As a retired doctor, now a smallholder with rare breed and traditional farm animals, I might have been expected to favour nursing training, or agriculture. I am indeed ashamed of the way our rich country steals qualified nursing and medical staff from countries with infinitely greater need. And regarding agriculture, I sometimes wonder what we in the technological west have to teach. I now breed Belted Galloway cattle, Shetland sheep, Berkshire pigs and Dorking poultry. A tithe from their sales in the autumn will come to Prospect Burma so their splendid work can continue." The cost of an Adopt a Scholarship is £800, and each one has the adopter's name attached to it, with details of the adopted scholarship, the study field, the scholarship's duration, and the university it is attached to. Pledging to the scheme now means that we can increase the number of Burmese students we are able to help each year. Just complete the Adopt-A-Scholarship form on the How to Help page and return it to Prospect Burma. Or for more information please contact the Prospect Burma office:
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