Educators identify and award scholarships to students facing extreme poverty, provide them with mentors, integrate microfinancing into the curriculum, and guide them through pay-it-forward activities, thereby empowering them.
Need:
Due to extreme poverty, 52.5 million girls of primary and secondary school age are not attending school in sub-Saharan Africa.
A girl in school is likely to: earn up to 25% more per year completed of secondary school; reinvest 90% of her earnings in her family; reinvest in her children’s education; resist gender violence; and become a force for change in her community.
Solution:
Microfinancing Partners in Africa’s Scholarship Program empowers educators to identify and give scholarships to students who are struggling in extreme poverty, assign them mentors, include microfinancing as a part of the curriculum, and guide the students through pay-it-forward activities.
Scholarships given
Groups trained across 6 countries
Scholarships that included period products kept vocational girls in school
Students attending schools with capital improvements funded by Microfinancing Partners in Africa donors
391 students have stayed in school due to scholarships
Our Education Program Heroes
Dalia
Our scholarship initiative is aimed at extending a lifeline to students and their parents hailing …
Francis
Francis Chewe of Lusaka, Zambia, is a young man with a dream. He wants to become a physiotherapist, …
Benson
Benson Phiri, was born on the 6th of April 2006 in Kasama, Zambia. His parents, Benson Phiri and …
Victoria’s Academy
In 2019 Microfinancing Partners in Africa received a $15,000 grant specifically to support a …
Snapshots of Hope
