News & Events 29 October 2009
Education grants to humanitarian entrants
The Alcorso Foundation today presented six Humanitarian Entrant Education Grants at a ceremony at Parliament House.
The annual awards of $2500 each are presented to humanitarian entrants undertaking study in years 11 and 12 and may be spent on education expenses of the winners' choice.
Alcorso Foundation committee member Michael Lynch said he was delighted that the Foundation was this year able to increase the number of grants four to six.
"This annual award offers financial assistance to help support these new members of our community so that they may receive maximum benefit from attending school," Mr Lynch said.
"The Alcorso Foundation has awarded 10 education grants since the program began in 2006.
"This year we had 26 applications from students across the State and Catholic school systems.
"We ask the students to outline their educational goals and how the Alcorso Foundation grant would help them achieve those goals.
"We then work closely with the schools to finalise our winners."
The successful candidates for 2009 are:
- Ah Pay (Claremont College) - born in Burma but from a refugee camp in Thailand
- Fatemeh Heidari (Hobart Polytechnic) - born in Afghanistan but arrived from Iran
- Nene Manasseh (Hobart Academy) - born in Sudan but from a refugee camp in Kenya
- Muku Masiya (St Patrick's College, Launceston) - born in Sudan
- Cedrick Mulumba (Guilford Young College) - born in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Yai Mario-Ring (St Mary's College, Hobart) - born in Sudan
The Alcorso Foundation was established in 2001 to celebrate and remember the lives of Claudio and Lesley Alcorso. The Foundation seeks to continue the ideals and values Claudio and Lesley represented through programs and projects in the arts, the environment and social justice.
Mr Lynch presented the awards with Minister for Workplace Relations, Lisa Singh MP.