Scholarship & Financial Inclusion
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Scholarship & Financial Inclusion
The Foundational Scholars Program is EiC’s flagship multiplier initiative started in 2020 designed to develop the next generation of 100 donors in Africa by enabling highly talented, service-oriented young people to pursue secondary to higher education and cultivate their leadership potential as they give back through a multiplier effect program. The FSP identifies talented young people facing the highest social and economic barriers to accessing education opportunity and those in hard-to-reach communities, primarily in Africa, and supports their secondary and higher education as well as entrepreneur skills and leadership development.
Funded by Foundational Donors, by 2029, the Program aims to provide 10,000 scholarships, through partnering with secondary schools, universities and a range of ecosystem (1MAfricans) stakeholders in 10 African countries. This will support a new era of quality human capital, economic prosperity and African-led growth across the continent. Financial constraints force many children out of school. EiC supports vulnerable students through scholarships and cash transfer programs.
Through our FSP, we work to advance education and financial inclusion to catalyze prosperity for young people in Africa, particularly young women, refugees and displaced persons, and young people living with disabilities.
Our programming seeks to: improve the quality of education and vocational training to equip young people with the skills employers need; leverage technology to expand access to, and the quality of, education and digital literacy; and enable entrepreneurs and small businesses to expand through access to financial services.
The Foundational Scholars Program is EiC’s flagship initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly talented, service-oriented young people, primarily young Africans, to pursue right from secondary level to higher education and cultivate their leadership potential. We work with education institutions, and communities to create the conditions that will enable young people to attain inclusive, equitable and quality education, transition smoothly into dignified and fulfilling work, and lead transformative lives.
Join Us in Reaching 10,000 Scholars by 2029
Sponsor a child’s education today and leave your legacy on EiC’s Foundational Wall of Champions. Together, we can transform lives—one scholar at a time.
We cannot do it alone. Together, stronger we can.
Education and learning are not just about books and classrooms; it’s about offering hope, resilience, and the promise of a better future.
Despite the small support provided by EiC and other humanitarian actors, the education needs of children in emergencies far exceeds the assistance that is currently provided.
Greater funding is urgently needed to support the world’s most vulnerable children left behind with lifesaving education.
Let’s stand together to support these children and safeguard their right to education.
Their futures depend on it.
