Madhvani Foundation launches Shs700m scholarship for varsity students

It is often said the strength of any country lies within the education of its youth. However, many underprivileged students never complete education to the level of university.

It is for this reason that the Madhvani Foundation scholarship program is offering 700million shillings, a golden opportunity to underprivileged but brilliant students this year.

On behalf of the five Board members, the Chairman Gerald Sendawula launched the Madhvani Foundation scholarship fund for the academic year 2017/2018, saying: “the Foundation is proud to have supported over 2,000 underprivileged Ugandan students from different universities studying both scientific and technical courses. The scholarship scheme’s fund amount has grown from 300 Million shillings since 2003 to 700 Million Shillings to date.”

Over the last 15 years the Scholarship Program has witnessed incredible success stories including that of Martin Muganzi, a 2003 beneficiary.

He is currently inspiring the youth to become job creators other than job seekers, and has established a vocational enterprise for apprenticeship in Kalerwe to equip students with tailoring, carpentry and agricultural skills.

“Having come from a single parent family, school fees was a challenge but the Madhvani Foundation gave me a chance to make it in life and today I am passionate to help inspire the youth into their future,” he said.

Beatrice Apoto, the Madhvani Foundation administrator listed science and technical disciplines open for sponsorship as Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Actuarial Science, Architecture, Veterinary Medicine, Commerce, Hotel Management, Pharmacy, Nursing, Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Information Technology, Environment, and Medicine.

She emphasized that students legible for the scholarship are undergraduate students who have completed first year of studies at a Ugandan University, and graduate applicants who have been either admitted and/or registered for graduate programmes.