Interviews on Interviews!

Today we completed the scholarship interviews and selected the lucky eight applicants that will be receiving a full ride scholarship to Mwebaza School for one year! As I mentioned in a previous post, the students we interviewed are already attending Mwebaza School but cannot afford the school tuition, so they have been attending school free of charge. This has made it difficult for the administration to pay for teacher salaries and general fees required to run a school. The money that these eight scholarships provide will help the school pay for these costs. It also made it easier to decide who will be receiving the scholarships, since the students who did not receive a scholarship will still be able to attend school as they have been. The great thing about awarding scholarships, even though many students have been attending Mwebaza for free, is that it promotes the importance of education within the community.

 

The rest of my day was filled with video interviews of students and parents in the community. I asked them to speak to the benefits they have seen come from the work the Mwebaza Foundation has done. I was impressed to learn that many students have taken the skills they have learned at school in the gardens and with the chickens and implemented them at home! The picture below is of a small garden that a Mwebaza student has started at his grandmother's house where he lives. Keep an eye out on the Mwebaza website for the final video with all my interview footage!