Ashinaga Scholarships for Orphaned Students from Sub-Saharan Africa

Ashinaga runs the "100-Year Vision: Educational Support for Orphaned Students from Sub-Saharan Africa". The programme pays for higher education so that 49 strong students from 49 Sub-Saharan countries, some of the poorest in the world, can earn degrees. The aim is for these students to return home as leading professionals in their own countries.

Universities in the EU, US, South America, Australia and Canada.

Any field of study.

One.

Orphaned or bereaved students from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Before university, Ashinaga gives each scholar a six-month study camp at its Kokorojuku facility in Uganda and Senegal. There they get focused support and help with subjects and languages while they prepare applications to highly ranked universities around the world.

Once abroad, scholars receive a full scholarship plus living expenses for four years of study.

The scholarship is open to students who are orphaned or bereaved (they have lost one or both parents). Applicants must be under the age of 22, come from one of 35 Sub-Saharan African countries, and be unable to afford applying to university.

You apply online. There is no application fee. The deadline for applications is 29 February 2016.

Go to the official website (link below) to get the application form and full details on how to apply.