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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><img id="yiv2200163159Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:1.476314854@web171505.mail.ir2.yahoo.com" alt="The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program" height="66" width="347"></div>
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal"><b>The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program will be visiting Dar es salaam on the 23 September 2013. They will be at the Golden Tulip from 09 00 - 12 00 noon giving presentations and speaking with students. Please see attached poster
for more info. Best, </b></div>
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal"><b>The Vision</b></div>
<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a $500 million, global initiative to educate and develop next-generation leaders who will be equipped and empowered to lead change in their home communities, particularly in Africa.</div>
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">Over the next 10 years, the Program will enable 15,000 bright young people who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to complete their secondary and university education in institutions in Africa and around the world. Throughout
their learning experience, the Program will offer Scholars financial, academic, and social support to ensure their transition to further education or to employment.
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal"><b>The Model</b></div>
<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program identifies academically talented young people who have demonstrated a commitment to serve their communities, yet face significant barriers to education. The Program is uniquely designed to provide
Scholars with holistic support, including:</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Comprehensive scholarship (school fees, living expenses, books, stipends, transportation)</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Academic curricula relevant to growth sectors in Scholars’ home countries</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Mentoring and counseling, including academic and social support
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Service and experiential learning (volunteerism, internships, social entrepreneurship)</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Training in skills critical to employment success</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Career counseling and connection to jobs in Scholars’ home countries</div>
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">The program also fosters leadership development and includes membership to a Scholars Community. It encourages Scholars to apply their education toward the betterment of their home communities.
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal"><b>Scholar Selection</b></div>
<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">Partner institutions are responsible for selecting the Scholars who attend their schools. The following U.S. partner institutions are visiting Africa in late September 2013 as part of this recruitment effort:</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Duke University</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Michigan State University</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Stanford University</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>University of California at Berkeley</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Wellesley College</div>
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">Other partner institutions and organizations include:
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>African Leadership Academy, South Africa</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>American University of Beirut – Faculty of Health Sciences, Lebanon</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Arizona State University, USA</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Ashesi University, Ghana</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>BRAC, Uganda</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Camfed, Ghana</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>EARTH University, Costa Rica</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>FAWE, Rwanda and Ethiopia</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Makerere University, Uganda</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>McGill University, Canada</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>University of British Columbia, Canada</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>University of Pretoria, South Africa</div>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>University of Toronto, Canada</div>
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<div class="yiv2200163159MsoNormal">For more information on The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, visit:
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mastercardfdnscholars.org/">http://mastercardfdnscholars.org/</a>
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