Our Partner Charities
Our partner charities nominate bright,
self-motivated young change makers, who we support through tertiary education and beyond.
The CGEF (formerly CCLEF) provides sponsorship grants to girls for secondary or high school education in their own Commonwealth country in cases where this might otherwise not be possible. Support is tailored to the individual needs of each girl based on academic potential, merit and need.
The Himalayan Youth Foundation UK (‘HYF-UK’) works to improve the education, health and living conditions of orphaned, semi-orphaned and disadvantaged children and young people aged 6-25 living in the Himalayan region. It provides support through sponsorship, individual donations and guidance to the Kailash Home in Kathmandu, Nepal and the Choki Traditional Arts School in Bhutan.
Rwanda Aid operates in the remote south-west of Rwanda, in the districts of Rusizi and Nyamasheke. Rwanda Aid’s aim is to support the vulnerable and disadvantaged, especially children, helping them to develop the skills and knowledge to build a better future for themselves, their families and their community. Rwanda Aid does this through a variety of programmes in Education, Disability Awareness, Street Children, Organic Farm Training, Business Enterprise Development and Classroom Construction. Projects within these programmes in 2016 have worked to improve life for over 24,000 individuals.
We are a very small educational charity having a huge impact on a very local, disadvantaged community in Kwale County of Southern Kenya. Kwale County came second to bottom in the national educational league tables in the latest National assessments.
Kenya Kesho currently have seven students from our location on fully sponsored scholarships to university and five on partial scholarships. Over our ten-year life span we have also put 48 boys and girls through Secondary School. One of our students, who we ‘found’ very early on in Primary School and who we put through Secondary School has just completed his first year at University and won the Vice-Chancellor’s award for the TOP STUDENT OF THE YEAR. We are very proud indeed! Young Isaac Genya came from Mshiu Primary School, which is a Government School within our area.
We have recently agreed to build eight Primary School classrooms, a computer room/library and teachers’ accommodation on a piece of land adjacent to this school. This new development will be for the education of girls’ only. The issue of girls’ education is unique and challenging in our rural area. Girls in this area get a very raw deal when it comes to education as their fathers generally do not believe that the worth of education would benefit their own families and that the girls would only take their education to the family that they marry into. By building eight classrooms for up to 50 girls in each class, and by employing very dedicated, well-qualified teachers we know that we will be able to challenge these cultural mores and to be able to support them.
Tana River Life Foundation (TRLF) is a Kenya registered NGO (Reg. No. OP.218/051/2007/0440/4836) founded by Gabriel Teo Kian Chong on 6 December 2007. Gabriel has been living and working in Tana River District, Kenya since 1995. TRLF has as its objective the integral development of individuals so as to build sustainable communities. This is done by assisting the marginalized attain self-reliance with dignity and integrity so that they have the freedom and ability to make meaningful choices in their lives that benefit their communities. TRLF operates from Idsowe village in Tana River County, Kenya. Its area of assistance is largely confined to communities from the Tana Delta sub-county.
Edu Fun is a volunteer-led, non-profit organisation (069-772-NPO) working with the Diepsloot Combined School in the township of Diepsloot on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa
Established in 2003 at the request of the school principal at the time, Veronica Kgabo. Their main objective is to teach English to Grade 2 & 3 students in a fun and interesting way, and to awaken their curiosity in the outside world. Other roles include mending school uniforms and performing basic health checks to identify problems with the children’s eyesight and teeth.
Their volunteers come from all walks of life – locals, ex pats and visitors from around the world. the late Lord Joel Joffe, the human rights lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and seven others in the Rivonia Trial of 1963-64, was their Patron for many years.
KHULA is an isiZulu word, meaning ‘to grow’. And that’s exactly what we do - we partner with 20 rural schools in our community, making a lasting commitment to support and improve the quality of education for children from their pre-school years through to graduation. We also work with the teachers, extending their skills and providing teaching tools where necessary. Our approach is built on four key focus areas: Early childhood development; Curriculum support interventions for teachers and principals; Maths and English education; as well as Life skills development and job readiness. KHULA’s footprint spans the battlefields of rural KwaZulu-Natal from Elandskraal, through Rorke’s Drift and Nqutu, to Isandlwana encompassing 5 900 children and youth in the most isolated and marginalised areas in the Province. In their communities, unemployment is at 80% and 60% of families live below the poverty line, surviving on social grants.
The History of TEST for Africa by Dr. Keith Lloyd
LINACRE COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
It began in late 1960s at Oxford University. I was at Linacre College, which was gender neutral with some 50% of the students from non-UK countries. Prof. Hagan was at Linacre at the same time and little did we know that we would meet again some 40 years later! The Linacre experience left us both with a profound sense of the value of education in future advancement of society. Almost 20 years ago, my wife, Marjorie and I with the help of the UK government through the DFID scheme created a series of Scholarships (Norman & Ivy LLOYD and LLOYD Scholars) for very bright, financially needy African students to pursue one year Masters studies in subjects which would enhance the social and economic development of their countries of origin. Since then we have some 30 to 40 successful “sons and daughters ” who are back in Africa making significant contributions to their communities; six of whom are Ghanaian. Emmanuel Tachie-Obeng, Mark Fynn, Leander Atawune Kandilige, Ishmael Dodoo, Anita Takura Adanu, and Abdul Razak- Saeed.
The Al-Quds Foundation for Medical Schools in Palestine - usually called by the initials FQMS - was formed in 1997 as a UK registered charity to support medical education in Palestine. At the time of formation, there was only one medical school; namely the Faculty of Medicine at the Abu Dies campus of Al-Quds University. The first Dean of the Faculty was Dr Nael Shihabi. Undergraduates came from all over the West Bank and from Gaza to study. From an early date some students received the first two years of instruction in Gaza at Azhar University and in Nablus at An Najah University and from that developed separate medical schools, soon to be joined by the school of medicine at the Islamic University of Gaza.
François Pienaar and a group of like-minded individuals shared a vision to develop academically talented scholars with leadership potential into future leaders for South Africa. Make A Difference Leadership Foundation NPC* was formed in 2003 to realise this ambition to transform South Africa – one scholar at a time. François Pienaar was appointed as the Founding Chairman and 15 businessmen made a personal commitment to the organisation and were appointed Members.
Make A Difference Leadership Foundation (MAD Leadership Foundation) is still working hard to fulfil the shared vision of the founding members to Make A Difference in the lives of talented, young South Africans with leadership potential.
It is the mission of MAD Leadership Foundation to provide academically talented scholars with exceptional leadership development opportunities through education and mentorship, in order to inspire a better future for South Africa.
Focusing on:
• Carefully selecting scholars with academic and leadership potential.
• Continuously developing, supporting and monitoring our scholars through an integrated, personal and comprehensive Scholarship Programme.
• Removing every barrier between potential and future success for our scholars.
• Maintaining a passion for what we do and what we want to achieve for the leaders of tomorrow.
• Adhering to strict corporate governance principles and financial integrity.
• Forming long-term professional partnerships with corporates, trusts, other organisations and individuals who are committed to our vision.
• Hosting dynamic fundraising initiatives locally and abroad.
• Creating a legacy to be proud of by nurturing the leaders and role models of tomorrow.
Mission
Emphasized the leading position in Vietnam in the field of tourism science research; training and fostering high-quality human resources and high-level tourism.
Vision
In the future, the Faculty of Tourism Studies strives to become a prestigious, branded and influential unit in the field of tourism education and research not only in the country but also internationally.