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Paying your scholarship forward
Receiving a gift, they say, requires that one pays it forward. With the all-important need for an education becoming clearer to more people in Uganda, Good Samaritans who choose to bail out many a stranded student are in turn creating a new breed on philanthropists, or so it should be.
Blind Masilla refused to go beg on streets
When we hear the word disabled, most of us set a scene of someone begging on the streets. We picture a world of unhappiness where all dreams are shattered.
Eastern tops Recepients list of Madhvani Scholarships
The eastern region has topped the list of the recipients for the Madhvani Foundation 2008/2009 Scholarships.
150 receive Madhvani scholarships
The Madhvani Foundation has awarded scholarships worth shs460m to 159 students.
In a Friday statement, the chairman of the foundation, Sam Rutega, said: “This has been the most competitive year since the offering of the scholarships started in the 60s.”
Madhvani Foundation releases 2008/2009 scholarships recipients list
159 scholarships worth 460 million shillings have been awarded to University students who applied for funding from the Madhvani Foundation. Making the announcement in a press statement today the Chairman of the Madhvani Foundation Mr. Sam Rutega said “this has been the most competitive year so far..."
Madhvani offers 3 US Scholarships
The Madhvani Foundation, the charitable, social and civic corporate responsibility arm of Uganda’s leading industrial and hospitality conglomerate, has now partnered with the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund to provide five scholarships for gifted but economically disadvantaged young girls with strong leadership potential.
Getting online education funding is a possibility
As a personal finance columnist, I receive several e-mails in reaction to what I have written. Some are requests for assistance, especially financial aid for university or would be university students. A few appear to have lost hope given their poor financial background.
Madhvani has scholarships for girls
Five Ugandan girls have a chance to win a scholarship to study abroad.
The Madhvani Foundation and the Zawadi African Educational Fund partnered to facilitate the scholarships.
Madhvani releases scholarships shortlist
The shortlist of candidates due for interviews for the Madhvani Foundation education scholarships in the 2008-2009 academic year has been released.
Madhvani charity shortlists 268
The Madhvani Foundation has short-listed 268 candidates for the 2008-2009 academic year scholarships. The foundation received over 1,000 applications in the fields of science, technology, commerce and medicine.
1,000 apply for Madhvani Scholarships
Over 1,000 applications from poor and struggling students at various higher institutions of learning in Uganda were recently handed over to the Chairman of the Madhvani Scholarship Committee, Henry Kyemba for possible selection into the Shs. 450 million – scholarship scheme.
Uganda: Hundreds Register for Scholarships
Hundreds of students have registered for the Madhvani Education Foundation scholarships for the 2008/2009 academic year.
Local agencies can fund your education
Sarah Najjemba was a struggling private student at Makerere University Business School (Mubs). She was an orphan, looking after her five siblings aged between 11 and 23 years, all in school. “I used to work and study at the same time so my grades were deteriorating, but when I got a scholarship my grades improved to such an extent that I obtained an upper second degree,” she recalls.
Madhvani Foundation to give $267,000 scholarships
The Muljibhai Madhvani Education Foundation will contribute a total of 450 million shillings (about US$267,000) towards its University scholarship programme for the 2008/2009 academic year.
Madhvani has Shs 450 million for needy students’ tuition
University students in their second year who cannot afford tuition may apply for financial help from the Madhvani Education Foundation. The Foundation has Shs 450 million to pay tuition for deserving students in local universities during the 2008/2009 academic year. The money is mainly for undergraduate students. A few postgraduate students may also be considered.
Madhvani funds scholarships
The Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation has since increased its scholarship funding from shs 400 million to shs 450 million to cope with the overwhelming demand of needy students and the rising tuition fees at higher institutions of learning.
Shs450m Madhvani scholarships
The Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation will this year, contribute Shs450m towards its University scholarship programme for the academic year 2008/2009.
Madhvani unveils sh400m scholarships
Sam Rutega, the foundation chairman, described the offer as the largest contribution from the private sector towards education.
Uganda: Madhvani Gives Sh400m for Scholarships
The Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation will this year, offer over sh400m in university scholarships to Ugandan students for the 2008/2009 academic year. The funds will go to merit worthy students who lack financial backing in the fields of Agriculture, Sciences, Information Technology, Commerce and Medicine.
Madhvani Invests in Education
The Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation is once again set to announce their annual Scholarships worth over Shs400 million to help bright needy students in higher institution of learning finish their studies.