Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan and former Vice Governor Salur Tan interact with students, who are chosen from among 800 applicants to represent the Philippines as ambassadors of goodwill by the U.S.-funded AFS Intercultural Programs of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program. (Photos by Ahl-franzie Salinas)
Five Muslim high school students who were chosen from among
800 applicants to represent the Philippines
The students – Fatima Yazreen Taji and Fairus Yaqueen
Sampang, from the Notre Dame of Jolo for Girls; Insih Ruiana Ahmad and
Al-Khamer Silungan, from the Sulu State College-Laboratory High School; and
Mohammad Adzlan Usman from Mindanao State University High School – were
accompanied by Professor Abraham Pelayo, of the Sulu State College.
Gov. Tan also had a talk with the students and encouraged
and motivated them well to study hard and attain the goals in life and be a
future and responsible leader. His father, former Sulu Vice Governor Sakur Tan,
an influential and respected political leader in Mindanao ,
also met with the students and gave a similar talk and shared his words of
wisdom.
The governor – whose education program for the poor has
helped a lot of students and out-of-school youth – also provided the students
with financial assistance to augment most of their needs. The five students
thanked the governor for his generosity and kind heart and told him that “he
shall be with us – in our heart and mind – in our journey to widen our
knowledge and fulfil our dreams and be Sulu’s pride as well.”
AFS is an international, volunteer-based, non-profit,
non-governmental, non-religious organization that provides intercultural
learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and
understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.
It enables people to act as responsible global citizens
working for peace and understanding in a diverse world. AFS seeks to affirm
faith in the dignity and worth of every human being and of all nations and
cultures. It encourages respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
without distinction as to race, sex, language, religion or social status.
AFS activities are based on our core values of dignity,
respect for differences, harmony, sensitivity and tolerance. It is the
implementing organization of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program
and sponsored by the Bureau of Education Affairs to provide scholarship to
deserving high school students from countries with significant Muslim
population for one academic school year in the United States
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