By Kate Robey | Operations Manager, The Charitable Trust
Dear Supporter,
The National Scholarship Program has been supporting a local Thai resident at our Chiang Mai project since February. He will be with GVI- Chiang Mai for a 6 month scholarship.
The goal is to support local partners in developing aspects of the Thai Elephant project, which aims to create a viable model for ethical elephant tourism. In addition, the goal is to provide support to local Thai nationals to develop skills involved in running the GVI Thai Elephant Project and therefore, benefit the scholar in future endeavors in the field.
The scholarship program aims to include:
The scholar benefits from direct interaction with English speakers thereby increasing their colloquial skills and fluency. Scientific studies carried out by the project add support for the legitimacy of the project to a wider community. Staff will work in direct contact with the scholar to teach them all the scientific skills related to research and analysis carried out by the project. The scholar will be given the opportunity to apply their management and leadership skills with the support of the staff through the development of their own project. This project will require the understanding of health and safety on an international scale, training other individuals, management and organization of community activities and detailed understanding of GVI’s long term goals.
The overall goal of the scholarship program at the Chiang Mai base is to provide an opportunity for a local individual to develop skills of their own interest that relates to the overriding goals of the project with the ultimate aim of sharing knowledge and skills between both parties.
One of the community goals is that the scholar will help us to bridge the gap between GVI and the local community so that we can foster more involvement and understanding.
Watch out for our next report which will give you more details about the scholar and his personal experinces on the project and working for and with GVI.
Thank you for your continued and generous support.
Best Wishes,
GVI-Thailand
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