The Canon Collins Trust has announced that it is currently managing a scholarship programme on behalf of Mrs Graça Machel. The key aim of the Graça Machel Scholarship Programme is to help provide the human resources necessary for economic, social and cultural development in the Southern African region and to develop an educated and skilled workforce that can benefit the wider community. In order to achieve this aim, this programme will provide a minimum of 60 postgraduate scholarships to female students from Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa in both South Africa and the UK.
The majority of the scholarships will be for study in South Africa. It is hoped that by providing opportunities to study at postgraduate level, these scholarships will empower women and to equip them to take up leadership positions in order to have a direct impact in the communities, nations and region in which they live.
Malawian women, where are you? This is your chance to get postgraduate qualifications. If Malawian women can take up not less than 15 Graça Machel Scholarships, it would be so nice. I, therefore, encourage you ladies to apply in mass. If you happened to be my student at some point, I am more than ready to write a reference letter for you. If you can’t apply, spread the word to others. Don’t be selfish. Emulate my example!
Postgraduate studies can disrupt family life, as my big brother Victor Kaonga and others will tell you, but it is just for a time. Good things will come your way once you finish. Ask me! 
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackKeep up the good work. Very good information. That is what Networking is all about. Osati Ife tokha tikhale ophunzira
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Very true, my brother!Nsanje siimanga mudzi.We’ve got to share such types of information for Africa to prosper.Lende nkukankhana!
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Why has Zimbabwe been left out of this programme? There are number of bright women who would love to take up such an opportunity. Zimbabwe seems to be getting more and more isolated from the rest of the world. It says that the key aim of the Graça Machel Scholarship Programme is to help provide the human resources necessary for economic, social and cultural development. Zimbabwe is in desperate need of this. It just saddens me when Zimbabwe is left out like that. Hey Clement, this is in now way a dig at you, just the situation.
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sounds like a great program and it’s going to help a good cause
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Gerri
I agree with you 100%. You raise an important issue.I do not know why Zimbabwe and other countries in the SADC region were left out. This scholarship should have covered the whole SADC region.I hope someone in the administration team of the scholarship will pick up this comment.
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I also totally agree with the 2 people who maintain that leaving out Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries is not in line with the spirit of Pan-Africanism.Maybe the people under whose authority the Programme falls, has a reason which the rest of Africa should know.Mozambique and Zimbabwe have longstanding friendship and leaving out Zimbabwe in such a promising Programme would a big let down.Therefore I sincerely appeal to the Selection Committee to consider those applicants from Zimbabwe who might have submitted applications for scholarships.
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@Loveness: If they had a reason for this sort of action, they should have made it clear.Otherwise, this is not good for the spirit of Pan-Africanism as you put it. I just hope that next year, Zimbabwe will be included.
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Hi Clement
I am a Kenyan girl, 27 years old. I have admission into a very good university in Scotland, but unfortunately cannot get funding. Most charities assumme that Kenyans are doing very well, and the other charities only provide much needed funding for primary education. That means that most Kenyan women who want to pursue post graduate studies like myself don’t have access to funding. I ahve visited and sent applications to nearly 100 websites. Have you come accross any website that might be offering postgraduate funding for Kenyan women?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks very much
Christine Awiti
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@Christine:These days, it is extremely difficult to get scholarships.What is your area of specialization?I will be able to share some links with you once you tell me your specialty.
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Good Post. We are adding these women scholarships to freetoapply.com. Search for additional female scholarships also.
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Hi Clement
Sorry for taking too long to respond. I will be taking Development studies – MSc Project Planning and Development Policy Analysis.
Thanks for the positive response.
Kind Regards
Christine Awiti
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@Christine:Once I get some new scholarship information, I will send it to you.
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Akulu am a silent follower of your blog, i am proud of your work, especially the research you are putting into getting as much info as possible about resources for Africa.
Nice time and greetings from Durban
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Clement Nyirenda says:
April 25th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
@Christopher: Good to hear from you. Long time no see. How is Durban? Go to see that you have joined us in the blogosphere. Keep on writing.
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hie clement,i am a zimbabwean but based in swaziland can i apply for the scholarships.will i be considered since i am a zimbabwean.i would like to further my studies and do a Bsc in public health.please help
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Clement says:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Last time, Zimbabwe was not on the list of eligible countries. You can find out from Cannon Collins Trust if that has changed.
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