SIVAKUMAR�S AGARAM FOUNDATION AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS.
Agaram Foundation on its 31st anniversary at a function organised here
on Sunday awarded scholarships to poor children some of them are from refugee
camps.
Ramanathan, who topped in his first-year B.Com exam, said: �I will use
the [scholarship] money to pay my college fee. I hope someday I will become
famous and will be able to help other students like me.�
P. Parameswari, a student of Little Flower Convent with a score of 1,034
in Class XII, was another student who got a scholarship. Both her brother and
mother are visually challenged and she supports the family. �I have joined B.A.
History and I want to become a Collector,� she said proudly.
Including the two of them, 55 students from all over the State were
awarded a scholarship amount of Rs.10, 000 each to encourage them to pursue
college education.
�Education is the only hope for so many children, but it usually stops
at the school level,� said actor Suriya, founder of Agaram Foundation. �Their
lives get clipped even before it starts. Education must turn into a people`s
movement. I would ask everyone to be a mother, father, brother or sister to at
least one poor child who needs help.�
