VIENTIANE, JANUARY 07 2002(KPL).

CLOTHING TO HELP TEACHERS, STUDENTS BRAVE COLD WEATHER IN PAK NGUEM
DISTRICT

The Educational Foundation presented garments to the Pak Nguem Educational Service in Vientiane municipality
to help teachers and students brave the cold weather. The garments worth over 22 million kip include trousers, shirts,
jackets,shoes, footballs, and sportswear.

The garments will be delivered to 400 teachers in the district of Pak Nguem. The hand over ceremony was held recently at the district hall in the presence of Educational Foundation President Somphiene Sayadeth, and ten members of the foundation's executive board, textile company workers and shop owners.

VIENTIANE, FEBRUARY 12 2002 (KPL)

THAI EDUCATION FOUNDATION DONATES EQUIPMENT FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS

The Lao Education Promotion Foundation recently received a donation worth over 15 million kip from the Thai Education
Promotion Foundation based in Phimai district, Nokhonrasima province of Thailand. The educational assistance included student uniforms for both girls and boys, shoes, socks, notebooks, footballs, rattan balls, rattan ball nets, sports wear, volley balls, and energy snacks.

The aid was handed over on February 10 to EPF President Mr Somphiene Sayadeth by Mr Papanh Panhthanapenleund, President of the Thai foundation branch in Phimai district.

VIENTIANE, JULY 01 2002(KPL)

MINORITIES AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY IN VIENTIANE

Fifty-seven students, who had received scholarships from the Education Promotion Foundation and graduated this academic year,
met their donors at a dinner party on June 28, according to Pathet Lao newspaper today.

EPF President Mr Somphien Sayadeth, said that the foundation has so far fulfilled its task of attracting funding from residents, shops,
companies and businessmen to contribute to excellent students, students of ethnic minorities across the country, who came to study in Vientiane municipality.

He said that 19 students at the university level under EPF's sponsorship completed their studies and each student received 50,000 kip per month within four years. Thirty-eight students of upper education living at the Vientiane dormitory graduated from the 2001-2002 academic year, and received 85,000 kip per month for three years to achieve this.

VIENTIANE, JULY 25 2002(KPL) 

Education Foundation presents scholarships, salary bonuses

The Educational Promotion Foundation (EPF) presented scholarships for good students, ethnic students and poor students as well as
a salary bonus for good teachers nationwide for the 2001-2002 academic year at the National Culture Hall on July 23, reported Pathet Lao daily newspaper. Eighteen scholarships worth over six million kip were presented to students who are good at mathematics and literature.

Some 150 scholarships for poor students at primary school level in addition to two sets of trousers, shirts, Lao skirts, pairs of socks and one pair of shoes were also presented to each student.

Twenty notebooks, ten ball-point pens, ten pencils and two rulers were also presented to each of the students. The scholarships and educational materials for students at primary school level cost over 28 million kip.

An extra bonus of 300,000 kip in cash was also presented to each good teacher. The EPF presented 30 million kip for ethnic boarding schools in three provinces of Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Oudomsay.

The presentation, the sixth of its kind, was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, Honorary President of the EPF.

VIENTIANE,  DECEMBER 20 2002 (Vientaine Times)

Garment group shares the warmth (Vientiane Times reporters)

Garment factories in Laos have joined forces to share their products with the poor in an attempt to rid them of the coldness that comes with not having any clothes.

This year, some 6,274 articles of clothes were donated recently by garment factories in Laos, worth over 94 million kip. The donation was made through the Foundation for the Promotion of Education. Foundation President Mr Somphiene Saiyadeth reported that the clothes have been sent to nearly every province since October, especial in the northern part of Laos. The foundation has been conducting this activity for two years to help poor people in remote areas. "This year, the donation was larger than last year, but it is still not enough to meet the needs of poor people," said the president. The foundation says it welcomes donations of any kind from all sectors of society. It says donations form an important part of the assistance given to the country's most impoverished people, who often undergo incredible hardship during the cold winter months.