Lamdon School Student Receives Long-term Scholarship from CIS

By Craig Gerow, Grade 9 & 10 Lead Teacher

The Canadian International School has awarded Ms Sonam Yangzin (Admissions number 3633) a long-term sponsorship to attend Lamdon School-Leh.

After very thorough interviews with several students, attending Lamdon School, the principal, Mr. Eshey Tundup, has determined that Ms Sonam Yangzin would be the most worthy recipient of long-term sponsorship by the Canadian International School in Singapore.

Sonam comes from a family living in a small village called Bodh Kharbu, which is located near the larger town of Kargil in India. It is quite far from Leh and Sonam's parents have very little source of income because of the poor quality of the soil and its remote location.  Sonam was admitted into the school's girls hostel on a humanitarian basis and is now in the 7th class standard. She is doing very well with her studies and is focused and dedicated to finishing her educational opportunity at Lamdon School right through to 12th standard. Her favourite subjects are English and Hindi. She is also a talented singer and performed for the CIS students during the Cultural Performances that we attended while at Lamdon School.

When she was informed that she was chosen as the recipient of the CIS scholarship she was extremely grateful that her education was no longer a financial burden on the school. She promises to study hard to show her appreciation for the generous support.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the CIS students and parents who helped us in our fundraising efforts. We were able to raise $9,160.35 SGD to sponsor Sonam’s tuition, uniforms, and hostel expenses.  The Ladakh Excursion Group would also like to express their gratitude to everyone in the CIS community who donated and supported our fundraising events.