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Kenya Scholarship Fund Awards 17 Scholarships to Two Nairobi Schools
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KSF is headquartered in Houston, Texas with
an operations branch office in Nairobi,
Kenya. The Organization provides
scholarships to academically gifted Kenyan
students who would otherwise not be able to
successfully pursue a High School Education
and realize their full potential as talented
human beings. The scholarships cover the
complete cost of school fees for the award
recipients. After its inception in 2007, KSF
has awarded annual scholarships to needy boy
students attending Lenana School and Ofafa
Jericho.
In 2008, KSF expanded its operations to
include a girls' chapter and launched a
highly successful series of fund raising
events in Houston throughout 2009. As a
result twelve scholarships were awarded to
Uthiru Girls' High School and five to
Starehe Girls' Center in May and July 2009
respectively.
www.starehegirlscentre.ac.ke |
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Further information about Kenya Scholarship
Fund can be obtained at their web site
www.kenyascholarship.org
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Kenya Scholarship Fund, Girls' Schools
Chapter recently presented a cheque for one
hundred and four thousand one hundred and
sixty eight Kenya Shillings (Ksh.104,168.00)
to Starehe Girls' Centre and Uthiru Girls'
High School. These funds are for academic
scholarships for the recipients. The
Scholarship, which is conditionally based on
scholastic aptitude and continuous
meritorious achievement, is available for
gifted but disadvantaged girls. A total of
seventeen (17) girls from both schools will
benefit through this program in this first
scholarship award.
Seen displaying the cheque to the
beneficiary schools, are Starehe Girls
Centre and Uthiru Girls High School
students. With them, in the background on
the left is KSF's Nairobi Board Member, Mrs.
Susan Oloo-Oruya, in the foreground the
Director of Starehe Girls Centre, Mrs.
Margaret Wanjohi, on the extreme right are
the Principal for Uthiru Girls High School;
Mrs. Caroline Ngugi and the Vice Principal
Mrs. Margaret Makori and Mr. & Mrs. Nganga
Mwangi. |
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Special Scholarships Awarded In 2009 |
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A full four year scholarship was awarded to
a Form One Starehe student in loving memory
of Rachel Wambui and Leonard
Mwangi. Their memories live forever. |
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Mother Rose scholarship will be awarded to a State House student in 2010.
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rxBriefCase has graciously sponsored
scholarships for 12 girls from Uthiru Girls.
rxBriefCase is Canada's leading provider of
pharmacist education. They provide over 30
courses each year and have over 80% of
Canadian community pharmacists registered as
members of the Web site
www.rxBriefCase.com. rxBriefCase also
runs
www.rxPassport.ca, Canada's leading
source for pharmacy news and practice
information. rxBriefCase is based in Toronto
and is part of the mdBriefCase Inc. group. |
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"We are thrilled to partner with the Kenya
Scholarship Fund. This is a very worthwhile
program and we are honored to be part of it.
We look forward to hearing about the girls'
progress and hope that this will have a
positive impact in their community."
Cynthia Hastings-James, President, rxBriefCase Inc. |
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Sarah and Elliot Johnson live with their
three children in Toronto, Canada and are
excited and honored to assist three girls as
they pursue their education. |
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