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The only thing we didn't like was the food!
Posted on 12/23/2011 at 01:10PM
Christmas cookies of another kind: Take motivated talents, helpful politicians, and an enterprise which believes in making our world a better place wherever it can. .
Five years ago Lynda N and Obrein T. were selected as possible candidates for scholarships from Aiducation. They were in need of financial assistance and had ranked among the top 5% of their peers in the final exams of primary school. (Background information on school system)
Obrein, whose parents supported a family of eight with occasional jobs, wrote in his application that he wanted to become a Neurosurgeon. After working in that profession he wanted to eventually go into politics to help improve his country’s healthcare system (Link to Obrein’s application).
Lynda also wanted to become a doctor. To ensure that their two daughters could at least go to school, her parents had sold their small house. “I will serve my fellow humans, no matter what skin color they have or what ethnicity they belong to”. In addition, the positive girl felt responsible for fighting for the rights of young women and was particularly good when it came to the domain of science. (Link to Lynda’s application)
Both had worked very hard in primary school and had received excellent grades. The stroke of luck arrived when both received a scholarship for four years of secondary school. An aidumaker-couple from Dresden and a Service Club were convinced by the two applicants.
Tags: AiduFellow, Obrein, Lynda, EdelweissAir, UK, talents
AIDUCATION BIKE RIDE - RAISING MORE THAN 2 SCHOLARSHIPS
Posted on 08/08/2011 at 05:45PM
As part of a challenge during his MBA in Cambridge, UK, Patrick has gathered some friends for an incredible bike trip, all the way from Cambridge to Paris, and raised more than two scholarships on Justgiving. He tells us about his adventure:
Lisa and Timo can now both attend secondary school thanks to the bike challenge.
“Early on in our MBA at Cambridge Judge Business School, some of us discovered that there had been a ride from Cambridge to Paris organised by the previous cohort, to attend the MBA Tournament (MBAT) held at HEC in Paris during our final semester on the MBA. I contacted the guys from last year’s ride to get some more information about it and they proved most helpful with their advice and information, not least of which was that they had raised money for Aiducation with their ride. It was talked about more and more over the first semester and by the time MBAT was approaching there was a sizable group of us keen to make the trip, all of us keen to keep a great tradition and support for a great cause going.
Patrick’s team in action
Tags: Impact, uk, AiduFellows