Education
Scholarship Program for Underprivileged Children
Scholarship Program for Underprivileged Children
C.C.F. Foundation for Children and Youth
Poverty in Thailand is a factor that has an impact on Thai children’s education and puts them at risk of missing out on educational opportunities because they cannot afford them. This has an impact on learning, and the number of young people who do not attend school is likely to rise in the coming years.
The C.C.F. Child Development Project currently serves 56,016 children and youth, with 41 percent (approximately 22,967 people) living with their grandparents or great-grandparents. This is because their parents went to work in cities and came to Bangkok, while others were orphaned due to abandonment or divorce.
The remaining 69 percent, or approximately 33,049 people, are living with their father or mother or with relatives, but the spread of the COVID-19 virus has reduced household income. At the same time, many of the CCF Child Development Project’s parents are unemployed and without an income. If children do not receive scholarship support, they are more likely to have to drop out of school.
Suthirat Yoovidhya Foundation collaborates with the C.C.F. Foundation to support children and youth under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. In 2020, a 1,000,000 baht donation was made to support 400 scholarships of 2,500 baht each in schools in Nong Bua Lamphu, Sisaket, Sakon Nakhon, Chiang Mai, Phrae, Loei, Mae Hong Son, and Tak.
Criteria for Receiving Scholarships
1. Being an orphan, disabled, lacking a caregiver.2. Being poor (Parent’s monthly income not exceeding 5,000 baht).
3. Be well-behaved, a good person, and avoid vice and drugs. Follow the rules of the school and the foundation.
4. Not receiving scholarship assistance from another organization.
5. Impoverished families have a large number of children, depending on the level of family income in each area.
6. Not be the child of a government official, a state enterprise employee, or a person with a steady income.
Scholarship Program for Underprivileged Children
C.C.F. Foundation for Children and Youth
Poverty affects the education of over 13 million Thai students, putting Thai children at risk of missing out on educational opportunities. The C.C.F. Foundation for Children and Youth, under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, has been implementing the C.C.F. Child Development Project to address such issues. Currently, they care for 44,000 children and youth living in poverty.
The Suthirat Yoovidhya Foundation has awarded 400 scholarships of 2,500 baht each, totaling 1,000,000 baht, to the C.C.F. Foundation for Children and Youth for use in carrying out the C.C.F. child development project to address the issue of a lack of educational opportunities for poor children
Criteria for Selecting Children for Scholarships
1) Parents are sick or affected by COVID-19.
2) Being an orphan, disabled, lacking a caregiver.
3) Have poor status (Total parental income per month not exceeding 5,000 baht, expenses not deducted) and financial evidence attached.
4) Able to follow the school and foundation’s rules and regulations.
5) Not receiving scholarship assistance from other organizations.
