To bridge the gap between life on the streets and academic success by providing former street children with the financial, academic, and emotional support needed to thrive in university. Remove financial barriers through scholarships and enrollment assistance. By empowering these resilient young people to earn a degree, the project breaks the cycle of poverty and transforms former street children into future community leaders and professionals.
Former street children face a "glass ceiling" that prevents them from reaching higher education, primarily due to three main factors: The Poverty Trap: Even after leaving the streets, the cost of tuition, books, and daily survival is insurmountable for youth without family support. Educational Gaps: Years of interrupted schooling often leave these students with academic delays, making standard university entrance exams extremely difficult to pass. Without targeted intervention
We provide full university bursaries and scholarships that cover tuition, registration, and learning materials. By offering a monthly stipend for living expenses, we remove the "poverty trap, allowing students to focus on their degrees instead of survival. We offer non-formal education and preparatory classes to bridge educational gaps. Additionally, our team provides "administrative navigation" to assist with complex university applications and enrollment processes.
By obtaining university degrees, these young people secure high-skilled employment, ensuring they and their future families never return to the streets. Graduates transition from being dependent on social aid to becoming active taxpayers and professionals (engineers, teachers, managers) who contribute to the national economy. As "success stories," these graduates act as powerful inspirations for other street children, proving that their past does not define their future.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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