The Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees and Resident Committee
(AFSTRI) presented the beauty of the different cultural backgrounds of its
members during the AFSTRI Cultural Night at Chandler Hall, IRRI Headquarters on
16 January.
One Night, One World,
One AFSTRI, the event’s theme , featured cultural performances from the
United States of America, Bangladesh, China, Ukraine, Vietnam, Tunisia, the
Philippines, India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
In addition to the cultural performances, AFSTRI also held
an auction to raise funds for the new IRRI AFSTRI Alumni scholarship (IAAS). Six
board members put themselves up for auction and listed a variety of four to five tasks,
skills, or items they were willing to do share or teach to be put up for
auction. The winning bidder being able to select the one activity or item
they were most interested in. By the end
of the program, they were able to raise a total of P29,300 – an amount almost
enough for one undergraduate scholarship.
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