By Ngaire McCubben | Comms, Ext, Relations and Fundraising, Tanzania
Kisa Alumna Aikande studied at Makumira Secondary School, a semi-rural school located about 20km from Arusha City. She joined AfricAid’s Kisa Project in 2013 and says ‘I really enjoyed being part of Kisa … the Mentors helped us to recognize our inner potential and inspired us on how to succeed. I learned how to set goals and to never let anything draw me back’.
Now studying Finance and Accounting at Mzumbe University in Morogoro, Aikande is a great example of the kind of difference the Kisa Project, including the University Scholarship Program can make. She says she is really enjoying university and is extremely grateful for the support from AfricAid. She says that after finishing her degree she will take the Certified Public Accountant examinations in the hope of becoming an Auditor, but she also wants to involve herself in community work ‘that will touch and help other people’.
Aikande is just one of the amazing young women who benefit each year from AfricAid’s University Scholarship Program. Scholarships generally cover the cost of tuition only, with students raising the rest themselves, through friends and family. Your donation through Global Giving to the University Scholarship Program not only touches the lives of individual girls in Tanzania, it will ultimately help change the status of women in Tanzanian society.
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