At a time when many students are facing fund crunch amid Covid-19 pandemic, Delhi-based Sasakawa- India Leprosy Foundation(S-ILF) gave a ray of hope to 40 meritorious students hailing from families afflicted with leprosy. On Friday, at an event held online, it bestowed upon them scholarships for higher professional education.
NK Singh, Chairman, 15th Finance Commission, who was chief guest at the event which was organised as part of the S-ILF’s 14th Foundation Day, hoped that these scholarships will help the students break free stigma and discrimination and enable them to lead a life of dignity.
On the occasion, Tarun Das, Chairman, S-ILF said that the scholars symbolized courage and success while Dr Vivek Lal, CEO, S-ILF said steps will be taken to further increase the opportunities for education and livelihood support for the persons affected by leprosy and their families. In keeping with this, the number of Scholarships provided this year has been increased, he said.
Tehseen Zaidi, Program Manager, Communications & Advocacy from S-ILf shared that Nursing Scholarship (Batch X) and Holinessthe Dalai Lama- Sasakawa scholarship (Batch V) were given respectively to 15 and 25 meritorious students from across the country for 2020. Till date, the organisation working for the empowerment of the sector has
provided 115 Nursing scholarships and 124 His Holiness the Dalai Lama-Sasakawa scholarship for higher professional education, she added.