A scholarship backed by a Dubai-based logistics company has produced another graduate, with Jhimton Sasota completing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering at Bicol University Polangui.
Sasota, who comes from Bonbon, Libon, Albay, finished his degree under the scholarship program run by Pinas Cargo. He is the son of Jerry Sasota, a leadman with the company, and his graduation adds to a list of students the firm has helped carry through to a diploma.
The new graduate credited the program with giving him the room to concentrate on his studies and reach a goal he had set for himself. He said the assistance allowed him to complete his coursework and earn the degree he had been working toward.
Behind the program is founder and chief executive Marlyn Castro, who treats it as a personal undertaking rather than a corporate charity line item. She grew up as one of twelve children and faced money problems of her own as a student, an experience that shaped how she views the obstacles confronting young people with little to fall back on. Castro was a scholar in her own student years and points to that period as proof of what schooling can open up.
Her decision to fund the program, she has said, grows out of the success she found as an entrepreneur and a wish to direct some of it back toward students she considers worth the investment.
The program currently carries 25 scholars spread across several countries. Twenty-two of them study in the Philippines, while the remaining three are based in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Africa, each enrolled in different fields and still working toward their own degrees.
