Sanju, is a young woman who has benefited from a Wedu scholarship to fund her studies thanks to your help. This is her story:
“I was raised in a remote village in Nepal, where obtaining an education was difficult due to both the geographic location and the prevailing conservative mindset, which made it especially challenging for girls to pursue their education.
In 2014, I worked with the United Nations in Liberia at the height of the global Ebola crisis - an experience that taught me how to truly care for humanity and for those in need. I am now a third year nursing student at Purbanchal University in Nepal, and wish to further my education in order to learn how to save more lives.
Around the same time that I started working towards my Bachelor’s degree, I gave birth to my daughter. Most Nepali women are encouraged to put their career and education on hold after having children. However, I was still committed to my life goals, so I took on a challenge that few people expected I would be able to face, and kept working towards my nursing degree.
The experience that I have gained as a Wedu Rising Star has made me feel more confident and empowered, and my mentor has been instrumental in helping me improve my communication, speaking, and thinking skills.
Thanks to your help, Wedu was able to provide me with a scholarship to fund the final year of my Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and achieve my dream of providing better care for patients in my community.”
Sanju is one of over 700 young women Wedu currently supports. We call these young women Rising Stars and support them through mentorship and funding to complete higher education and become changemakers in their communities. Each Rising Star is passionate about creating positive social change in her community and at Wedu, we believe that investing in women's leadership not only empowers women but also has a multiplier effect on improving the development of communities and countries as a whole.
We want to send our deepest gratitude to you for supporting this effect and helping us by donating to the Sujata Baskota Honor Scholarship. Your contribution directly supports women like Sanju by allowing them to focus on their studies and follow their dreams to create positive social change.
Thank you for helping our Rising Stars keep rising!
With gratitude,
The Wedu Team
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“I am willing to make the best access of health care service to all Cambodian people, especially the poor by starting to provide them the basic information about health and any prevention.”
Sopheng, pictured above, is a 24-year-old Wedu ‘Rising Star’, selected for her leadership potential and keen desire to be a changemaker in her community. Thanks to your support, Sopheng received a scholarship from Wedu to cover her educational costs. This is her story:
“I was born in Kampong Trach, Kampot Povince in Cambodia, and attended school there. My father is a self-employed vendor, and my mother is a farmer.
I am studying to become a doctor and am specializing in neuroscience. I am pained by the fact that there are many poor people who die because of a lack of access to medical care, especially in rural areas. I hope to eventually work in these areas. I am supporting TYDA, a voluntary organization of Doctors, while waiting to formally join them soon. I have also volunteered with New Day Cambodia, which educates children from the ‘scavenging’ community.
Wedu’s leadership development and mentorship program and has given me clarity on my goals, and the confidence to pursue these. I am encouraged and motivated when meeting other Rising Stars too. My big dream is to expand access to medical care for the rural poor in my country, in a sustainable way. Thank you for supporting me with my dream!”
Sopheng is one of almost 700 women that we support at Wedu. We want to send you our deepest gratitude for supporting Rising Stars like Sopheng to achieve their dreams.
Thank you for helping our Rising Stars keep rising!
With gratitude,
The Wedu Team
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“My goal is to complete my law degree and work to champion women's and human rights in order to create opportunity for women to rise up.”
ZamZam, pictured here, is a 23 year old woman who has benefited from a Wedu scholarship in the past year thanks to your help. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, ZamZam is a third year student at Southern Bangladesh University. Her future goals include pursuing a law degree and working in human rights since she is very passionate about representing her community issues and developments internationally.
ZamZam has been able to pursue her education through Wedu’s financial support in addition to her own proactive attitude - last year she ran her own crowdfunding campaign. Among her other achievements, ZamZam has recently been published in a law journal called Society for Critical Legal Studies on the topic of 'Discrimination of Deserted Women of Bangladesh: Some Elementary Thoughts.'
ZamZam is one of the 590 young women Wedu currently supports. We call these young women Rising Stars and support them through mentorship and scholarships to complete higher education and become changemakers in their communities. Each Rising Star is passionate about creating positive social change in her community. At Wedu, we believe that investing in women's leadership not only empowers women but also has a multiplier effect on improving the development of communities and countries as a whole.
We want to send our deepest gratitude to you for supporting this effect and helping us by donating to the Sujata Baskota Honor Scholarship. Your contribution directly supports women like ZamZam by allowing them to focus on their studies and follow their dreams to create positive social change. Thanks to you we have been able to raise money to contribute towards scholarships, and we are supporting more Rising Stars this year than ever before. Thank you again so much for your donation and we look forward to sending more exciting Rising Star updates and achievements in coming months.
Thank you for helping our Rising Stars keep rising!
With gratitude,
The Wedu Team
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Wedu keeps growing! We recently reached 455 Rising Stars from 23 countries and we are making great plans to grow enve more in 2018.
We are particularly proud of the report of impact that our Rising Stars are sending via video to share their stories and what they love about the Wedu leadership program. Please go on our website to find all the video or follow this link http://www.weduglobal.org/rs-video-competition/
Many partners are approaching us to organise projects to grow together in places from Bangladesh to Cambodia. We are honoured and excited to be able to go wider and deeper to spot and nurture talent, where it may be!
Thank you for being with us and for your important contribution, we wouldn't be able to reach so many Rising Stars without you!
Happy Holidays from the whole Wedu Team!
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