RC Patan honours students with scholarships

Kamalmani Educational Excellence Awards (KEEA) are being given to meritorious students who had received PEEF scholarships from RC Patan, RID 3292. The Prajapati Education Endowment Fund (PEEF) is the club’s flagship programme that offers scholarships to needy children in public schools.

Set up in 2013 with the initial sponsorship from late Rtn Kamalmani Dixit, the KEEA fund has since expanded with support from Rotarians and additional contributions from the Dixit family. The KEEA honours meritorious students in grade nine from among the PEEF scholarship holders with certificates and cash awards to 10 students totalling NR 100,000.

At the KEEA awards ceremony, the first prize winner, Bir Dhorj Tamang spoke on behalf of all awardees from the PEEF-supported schools and thanked the special guests from the Dixit family and members of RC Patan for the recognition and cash awards.

Eight years ago, his family moved to Kathmandu for a better life. Tamang credited his teachers and mentors at the Shree Mahendra Adarsha Higher Secondary School in Imadole, his elder brother and mother for his academic success. “I always try my best despite failures along the way. I aspire to study engineering and want to give back to society,” said Tamang. His mother did not have the opportunity to study but always encouraged her children to study and do their best.