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Beijing Academy and Dai Ailian Foundation award scholarships for students in Trinidad and Tobago

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•Trinidad and TobagoSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 8, 2011
Start (actual)
Aug 8, 2011
End (actual)
Aug 3, 2012

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Chinese Embassy

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Public Administration

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Dai Ailian Foundation

Loan description

Beijing Academy and Dai Ailian Foundation award scholarships for students in Trinidad and Tobago

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On August 8, 2011, The Dai Ailian Foundation, officially launched on July 26, was formed to honour Dai Ailian, a great-grandchild of the Chinese immigrant born in Couva, Trinidad. During the ceremony, two young dancers, Juan-Pablo Alba Dennis of the Metamorphosis Dance Company and Seon Nurse of the North West Laventille Cultural Movement, were awarded scholarships. The two are the first beneficiaries of Dance Scholarships to the Beijing Dance Academy, courtesy the Dai Ailian Foundation. In September 2011, the two students went to Beijing Dance Academy and successfully graduated on August 3, 2012. On August 23rd, 2013, Ambassador Huang Xingyuan met with Adrian Issac, President of the organization and Symara Williams, 2013 scholarship awardee. As of 2020 the foundation is still operational and continues to offer scholarships.

Staff comments

Trinidad and Tobago is not ODA eligible as of 2011