Thursday, January 30, 2014

Tumaini Scholarship for Vocational Training

Tumaini Scholarship for Vocational Training: The Tumaini scholarship is designed to fight poverty by training young people for vocational careers.
Beyond the financial support, the Tumaini program develops each scholar’s skills in entrepreneurship.
Participation in the program develops and enhances skills that will be useful for each scholar’s family as well as their community and country.
Mentors assist Tumaini scholars with career counseling, job matching, job readiness, life skills education, and entrepreneurial skills development.
Eligibility and Eligible Funding Activities:
Ÿ   Eligible applicants for these scholarships are young people who are citizens of an African country.
Ÿ   Applicants do not have to be graduates of secondary school but are preferrably graduates of primary school.
Ÿ   The Tumaini scholarship may be used to support school fees and related material costs for vocational training.
Ÿ   Any vocational training course is eligible including carpentry, tailoring, mechanics, masonry, etc.
Ÿ   The rewards are renewable but scholars must submit a returning scholar's application form every year for continued funding.
The Selection Process:
Ÿ   After applications are submitted, the Selection Committee reviews them and ranks them based on several criteria.
Ÿ   Top applicants are invited to interview with the Selection Committee and the most qualified of the applicants receive the requested funding.
Ÿ   Awardees are selected on the basis of their academic potential, leadership, essays as well as their financial neediness.
Ÿ   Late applications are never accepted and are immediately disqualified.

How to apply:
A complete application consists of:
Ÿ   Completed Tumaini Application Form
Ÿ   Letter of recommendation
Ÿ   Essay 1: Outline your reasons for applying for the TUMAINI Scholarship
Ÿ   Essay 2: Discuss an issue of personal, local, national or international concern and its importance to you.
Ÿ   Copy of previous year's grades
Ÿ   School fee structure for proposed use of scholarship.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Completed scholarship applications should be sent to the Africa Education Project-Kenya, P.O. Box 56601, City Square 00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Applications deadline: September or October.

For more information and application materials, visit: Tumaini Scholarship for Vocational Training

9 comments:

  1. Am Elikosi Samuel from Uganda Jinja
    I wish to attain a skill in catering, building, driving or any other course u may give me
    I complete olevel and i obtained 49 points including phy.chem,bio,mtc,eng and other arts
    My number:+256771566738
    +256753686572

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  2. My name is Dr Jean-Marie a Clinical psychologist helping help the affected by war in northern Uganda Gulu many of my clients has no one who can help the to pay school fees and I fell this opportunity is good for them
    Thank you for helping the parents less young people

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  3. Am Bornventure Amunga Muka Project Director ACK St Marys Munjiti Child and Youth Development centre.We have 314 beneficiaries of the project whoneed such support for vicational training.We will be glad to partner.
    email.ke816ackmunjiticdc@gmail.com,Tel:)728125562

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  4. My name is Cyprian kayega from Tanzania
    I wish to attain a skill in electrical for level 3 because i have a certificate of electrical installations for level 2 my phone no +255627237736

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  5. Am Hawa Yousuf from Kenya I want to train tailoring and need assistance kindly reach out to me on 0705246709

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  6. Am milka from kenya I need your surpote to make my dream come true I need to train cattering my number 0114764010

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  7. We are a small NGO operating in the Mt.Elgon area of Kenya, and would like to send students to you for artisan courses. Provide details of how to engage. Email is: elgon.peace@gmail.com

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  8. My name is Muhammad Abdullahi yahuza from Nigeria, I would love to apply for carpentry and wood work and my mobile number is +2348133418842

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  9. My name is Richard from Nigeria. Am into funiture and carpentry work but I will love to have more knowledge about the work.
    I will be glad to get a reply from you
    Attached here are my number and Gmail.
    08057617097
    Feranmiojo6@gmail.com

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