Red Cross provides scholarships

Red Cross provides scholarships

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross
has started its foster parent program by giving aid to the
elementary school pupils and junior high school students of poor
families.

The pilot project is the Kramat district in Central Jakarta,
where six elementary school pupils are given Rp 60,000 per annum
each, and four junior high school students get Rp 90,000 each in
annual scholarships.

"We chose those who almost left their studies because their
parents could no longer afford the education," the chairwoman of
Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross, Mrs. Uga Wiranto,
said Saturday during a charity function in the Kramat district.
The function was to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the
Indonesian Red Cross (PMI).

Mrs. Wiranto said that PMI's Jakarta branch wants accurate
data on the number elementary pupils and junior high school
students who are eligible for scholarship.

"We hope that all PMI offices at the mayoralties are ready to
follow our lead," she said. (sur)