A letter from Ambassador Arizala on MIF scholars
I am exceedingly glad to read the news item from the MIF Website of 26 August 2006 that your sister Melecia " completed the first Matching Grant of $2,500 from Cavan Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, "and that Mr. Rory Reilly, president of Cavan Corporation, "actually increased his gift to $3,000, thus, the continuing support to scholarship grants to needy students, among them Mr. Frederick Rilli, the "first Arizala Diplomacy Scholar" at the Lyceum of the Philippines. It seems it was only yesterday when you announced to my great surprise the Arizala scholarship in diplomacy during the launching of the book "Labong ng Kawayan," at a Carmelite Center, Quezon City in 2002.
I am also happy to note that the first Arizala scholar, Mr. Frederick Rilli, will soon receive his M.A. in Foreign Service from the Lyceum and was offered by my Alma Mater (Lyceum) a teaching position. Right now, Mr. Frederick Rilli works at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Pasay City. May scholar Rilli´s "Impact Project" - a cooperative bank -(requirement for his scholarship), continue to perform well and further contribute to the welfare of the neighborhood in Barangay Rizal, Metro Manila.
Through you, may I extend my sincere thanks and congratulations to donors Ms. Melecia Garcia and Mr. Rory Reilly of Cavan Corporation, Kansas Ctiy as well as to other donors for their kindness. Congratulations also go to scholar Frederick Rilli for obtaining soon an M.A. in Diplomacy and for the success of his "Impact Project."
More power and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
RUDY A. ARIZALA
P.S. I will write former Ambassador Dolores Sale who coordinated the scholarship with the Lyceum of the Philippines to advice scholar Frederick Rilli to take the Foreign Service Officer Examinations so that he may qualify for appointment as a career diplomat. RAA