Zimbabwe Scholarship update

FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Girl Child Network (GCN)
    Headquartered in the township of Chitungwiza, just outside Harare
    Over 300 Girls Clubs with a membership of over 20,000 girls between the ages of 5-16, living in both rural and urban areas throughout the country.
    provides school fees to girls whose families cannot afford to send them to school, and membership in the Girls Clubs where counseling, peer-to-peer support, leadership training, and HIV/AIDS prevention education take place.

Joshua Nkomo Scholarship
    In line with its community social investment program, Econet has established the Joshua Nkomo Scholarship Fund (JNSF), a pan-African scholarship fund for academically gifted Zimbabweans to pursue their high and tertiary studies at local secondary schools and universities. Ten deserving students from each province will receive the scholarships annually, and half of these scholarships will be reserved for women. Award of the scholarships will be irrespective of race or financial background. Prospective applicants must take note of the following: 100 scholarships per year will be awarded - ten per province. They are warded to students at two levels of the education system: Lower Sixth (post ‘O' Level) 50 scholarships and First Year University (post ‘A' Level) - 50 Scholarships.

FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Phoenix Fund for Zimbabwe 
    To provide a source of financial assistance for Zimbabwean exiles in the UK who wish to pursue professional development courses or vocational training that will equip them to participate in rebuilding the economy and institutions of Zimbabwe when circumstances allow them to return home.

FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Joshua Nkomo Scholarship  
    In line with its community social investment program, Econet has established the Joshua Nkomo Scholarship Fund (JNSF), a pan-African scholarship fund for academically gifted Zimbabweans to pursue their high and tertiary studies at local secondary schools and universities. Ten deserving students from e ach province will receive the scholarships annually, and half of these scholarships will be reserved for women. Award of the scholarships will be irrespective of race or financial background. Prospective applicants must take note of the following: 100 scholarships per year will be awarded – ten per province. They are warded to students at two levels of the education system: Lower Sixth (post ‘O' Level) 50 scholarships and First Year University (post ‘A' Level) – 50 Scholarships.

York University  
    International Scholarship Program for Africa (4). VALUE: $100,000 ($25,000 x 4 years). Must be citizen of an African country. To renew - maintain high academic standing (7.8 on a 9-point York scale) in each academic year at York.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Clutton-Brock Scholarship For Zimbabwe  
    The object of this scholarship scheme is to establish scholarships at postgraduate level in the University of Cambridge for the benefit of students from Zimbabwe. The Scholarships are open to citizens of Zimbabwe, normally under the age of 35 and normally resident in Zimbabwe, who already have, or expect to obtain before 1 October 2008, a first class or high second class degree or its equivalent from a recognised University.

Canon Collins Trust  
    provides scholarships to students who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (mainly Master's degrees of one or two years) in either the United Kingdom or South Africa.

KAAD Scholarship Program – Germany    
    is addressed to post-graduates and to academics who already gained professional experience and who are interested in postgraduate studies (or research stays) in Germany. This program is administered by regional partner committees, staffed by university professors and church representatives. Normally documents are submitted to the committee of the applicant's home country.

THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP for ZIMBABWE   
    A Rhodes Scholarship is tenable at the University of Oxford. After election to a Scholarship the successful candidate has still, however, to obtain admission to the University of Oxford and one of its constituent Colleges. There is no guarantee of a place and the award of the Scholarship is not confirmed by the Rhodes Trustees until the Scholarelect has obtained such admission. The Scholarship once confirmed may be held for one or, more normally, two years and may, at the discretion of the Trustees be extended for a third year.

Sloan African Scholarship 
    The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust - African Scholarship. The scholarship is open to all successful applicants on the Sloan Fellowship who are African nationals and reside in Africa.

FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Beit Trust  
    offers annually a small number of Scholarships for postgraduate studies or research to graduates.   The duration of the Scholarships is normally for up to three years at the discretion of Trustees.  Scholarships are taken up at a University in the United Kingdom, Ireland or South Africa, for study in a subject of the individual's choice appropriate to the needs of the beneficial area.  In addition, a small number of one-year taught Masters degrees are offered at the University of Leeds, known as the Beit Chevening Leeds Scholarship and similar awards, known as the Beit Chevening Reading Scholarship, are also offered at the University of Reading.

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