Awardee, Maria Alert
She urged her colleagues to “make the best” of the opportunity and urged them to help each other throughout the journey.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” she said, as she explained that the first step was taking the risk to apply for the scholarship.
Meanwhile, another awardee, Victor Allen, also expressed gratitude for the opportunity.
Awardee, Victor AllenAllen is a former recipient of a Government of Guyana scholarship to study medicine in Cuba.
Allen said it was always his dream to pursue a specialization in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and this scholarship will allow him to do so.
Since the signing of the culture agreement between the Governments of Guyana and China in 1984, China has provided a total of 213 scholarships to Guyanese students.
