Undergraduate Scholarships - South Sudan
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Windle Trust International, in partnership with NRRDO and KODI, offers undergraduate scholarships for refugee women from the Nuba Mountains to study at the Catholic University of South Sudan.
The scholarships aim to overcome barriers to female participation in tertiary education for those from the Nuba Mountains region and are therefore open to female applicants only.
A Nuba Mountains Undergraduate Scholarship includes:
Fully funded academic tuition fees
A modest maintenance stipend for the period of study
What are we looking for?
Selection for all WTI supported scholarships is based on the following priorities:
Giving back: We ask scholarship recipients to put what they learn into practice in the future for the benefit of their communities, regions and to the broader Windle community. If you have a track record of community involvement, your application will be considered favourably.
Student status: We give scholarships to people who have refugee status, have been internally displaced, marginalised, in need, or otherwise affected by conflict.
Financial need: You should be able to demonstrate genuine financial need, and be unable to meet the costs of your study independently.
Gender: To address the huge gender inequality in education among the communities in which we work, we seek to give priority to girls and women. One of our key focuses is on dealing with the disparity in communities, schools, and employment sectors by offering scholarship opportunities that empower women. (Note that the Nuba Mountains Undergraduate Scholarships are open to female applicants only.)
Origin and coverage: We give scholarships to people who are resident in the regions of Africa in which we work. In practice this means that you should be resident in specific areas of Kenya or Uganda, or throughout the entireties of Sudan, South Sudan or Somalia. (For the Nuba Mountains Undergraduate Scholarship Programme specifically, candidates must be from the Nuba Mountains region.)
In addition, for the Nuba Mountains Undergraduate Scholarships, candidates who would be the first female in their family to attend university or who have overcome family opposition to attend tertiary education are particularly welcomed.
How our scholarships have helped
