The Mazingira Scholarship Fund is an ongoing project of Godparents for Tanzania. Donations can be made at our web site: http://www.godparents4tz.org. Click any Donate Now button.
Godparents for Tanzania, a Roanoke-based nonprofit supporting students in Tanzania, East Africa, has received a $10,000 grant from Environmental Resources Management Foundation to begin a scholarship fund for young Tanzanians pursuing a career in wildlife management. The Mazingira (Environmental) Partnership and Scholarship Fund will send deserving students to the College of African Wildlife Management, internationally recognized for excellence in wildlife management training, in Mweka, Tanzania. Students will receive tuition support and a stipend for living expenses in exchange for their commitment to live and work in the area of wildlife management in Tanzania for at least five years.
The $10,000 grant will send two students to the College of African Wildlife Managment for one year if we can raise an additional $3000 in matching funds. Our fund-raising goal is $3000.
The Mazingira Fund is a new and exciting opportunity for Godparents for Tanzania (G4TZ). G4TZ matches up North American donors with Tanzanian students to provide scholarships and support. Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world – more than half of its people live on less than a dollar a day, and school fees are prohibitive for most families. UNICEF estimates that only 10% of Tanzanian youth attend secondary school, and far fewer have the opportunity to attend a university or vocational program. Individual donors and congregations currently support 124 students of all ages, with many more on the waiting list. The Mazingira Fund will provide students career training in the growing field of wildlife management, nearly guaranteeing a paying job after graduation.