By Rebecca Zeigler Mano | Director, Education Matters
Accessing a college education for a qualified student should be a right, but it is still very much a priviledge. We are really pleased that with your help, we have made our financial goal of raising $25,000 over this past year to cover the student expenses needed for our first Education Matters cohort who are now in colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Scotland, Ghana and Rwanda. Your generous donations have enabled these students to access amazing educational opportunities by financing their application costs such as SAT fees and CSS financial aid application fees as well as the many hidden costs involved in enrolling, including visa fees, immunizations and air tickets.
This fund also financed SAT fees for the second Education Matters USAP Cohort of 42 who are currently submitting their applications. We are closing this project and launching a new $25,000 project for the second cohort's expenses, in time for Giving Tuesday on Nov 28. We hope you will continue to support us with this new amazing group of USAP students hoping to start studies in 2018.
One of this year's USAP students recently wrote: "It's not even a whole semester yet, but my mind has been stretched in so many new ways. My heart stays at home, though my body is here. I can't wait to reunite all three."
Our students' successes are your successes - we couldn't have done it without you.
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