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Maximizing social impact: More than 300 new applications from Kenya

Posted on 03/23/2016 at 11:28AM

Aeronautical engineer, paediatrician or bank manager – careers that are not easily pursued if financial and personal support is lacking in your home country. Instead of accepting that talented young people are unable to pay for their high schools, let us consider the possibility of helping them achieving their dreams! We have just received over 300 new applications from Kenyan primary school graduates for our AiduFellow Programme and we are so proud of the attention our programme receives! All those students wish to begin a career for their own successful future and for the positive development of their country.

Every year we receive hundreds of applications from brilliant students who wish to participate in their country and to have a positive impact in their society. Our application evaluating progress of the applications follows strict principles: we consider their financial neediness for a donation in order to pursue their path, we demand an application essay and take a look into their grades in order to see their talents, and we look for students with strong visions for themselves and the development of their country. We are proud to state that 90% of the scholarship money is directly invested into the education of the AiduFellows and that the donor (AiduMaker) and his or her supported Fellow keep personal contact. The personal donation is clearly supporting a sustainable impact on Kenya’s society! Let us take a look at some of our outstanding talents in order to understand the positive impact we are looking for.

Our AiduFellow Hannah from Majengid Mapya, Kenya, is only one of our outstanding talents we wish to support with a scholarship. She realized that sustainable impact cannot only been realized by external help. Instead, she seeks to move on in that direction. Dreaming of being a bank manager, she wants to fund schools for every child of Kenya in the future. This awareness of her own society and the determination to change the status quo is exactly what we want to achieve!

Another brilliant example is Ismael. The 16-year-old boy plans to become an aeronautical engineer and to put his efforts in the development of his country. Besides building planes and fulfilling his professional interests, he wants to build orphanages in order to ensure a bright future for the children. Maybe he gets in touch with Maimuna, who wishes to be a paediatrician. Surely, both of them will find their ways due to the scholarship programme – together or on their own. Maybe they even get together in one of our Start-up Academies and evaluate their business plans together. Maybe they keep in touch in the Alumni Network, which connects all of our Fellows. What remains clearly stunning is the strong will of these young people to raise awareness in their own country and to help it stand on its own feet someday. What a great place to start!

300 young students like Hanna, Ismael and Maimuna. 300 talents who need us in order to pursue their visions. 300 changemakers. Let us participate and make a change!

We can support that change and help the young generation of Kenya standing on its own feet!

Tags: AiduSeekers, Kenya


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