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Below is a list of scholarships available to Zimbabweans. Please contact the scholarship provider, zimdev is not involved in the awarding of any scholarships.

Girl Child Network (GCN)

• Headquartered in the township of Chitungwiza, just outside Harare
• Over 300 Girls Clubs with a membership of over 20,000 girls between the ages of 5-16, living in both rural and urban areas throughout the country.
• provides school fees to girls whose families cannot afford to send them to school, and membership in the Girls Clubs where counseling, peer-to-peer support, leadership training, and HIV/AIDS prevention education take place.

Joshua Nkomo Scholarship

• In line with its community social investment program, Econet has established the Joshua Nkomo Scholarship Fund (JNSF), a pan-African scholarship fund for academically gifted Zimbabweans to pursue their high and tertiary studies at local secondary schools and universities. Ten deserving students from each province will receive the scholarships annually, and half of these scholarships will be reserved for women. Award of the scholarships will be irrespective of race or financial background. Prospective applicants must take note of the following: 100 scholarships per year will be awarded – ten per province. They are warded to students at two levels of the education system: Lower Sixth (post ‘O’ Level) 50 scholarships and First Year University (post ‘A’ Level) – 50 Scholarships.

FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/VOCATIONAL TRAINING Scholarships

Phoenix Fund for Zimbabwe

• To provide a source of financial assistance for Zimbabwean exiles in the UK who wish to pursue professional development courses or vocational training that will equip them to participate in rebuilding the economy and institutions of Zimbabwe when circumstances allow them to return home.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Scholarships

Czech Government Scholarships – Developing Countries

About

• The Government of the Czech Republic offers scholarships within the framework of its Foreign Development Assistance in support of the study of foreign nationals from developing countries at public institutions of higher education in the Czech Republic.

Study Options

1. Bachelor/Master/Doctoral study programs plus one-year preparatory course of the Czech language
2. Follow-up Master study programs or Doctoral study programs in the English language.

What does the scholarship cover?

• The scholarship covers all necessary costs related to stay and study in the CR.
• The scholarship amount is regularly amended. Currently the amount paid to students of a Bachelor’s, Master’s or follow-up Master’s study program stands at CZK 14,000 per month, whereas the amount paid to students of a Doctoral study program stands at CZK 15,000 per month.
• The above scholarship amount includes an amount designated for the payment of accommodation costs.
• Travel expenses for traveling to the Czech Republic and back to the student’s homeland are paid by the party that has nominated the student to study in the CR

Libertas Support Fund

• Assist politically engaged students who for political reasons have been prevented from studying in their countries of origin to continue their studies in the Netherlands.
• The Fund provides financial help to students who want to follow a bachelor’s or master’s programme in the Netherlands. Study can include research and/or practical training.
• Suitable candidates are politically/socially engaged students who are personally active in efforts to improve political or social conditions in their country of origin and because of this have encountered problems in continuing their studies.
• You can submit an application for a Libertas Support Fund scholarship if you are a Zimbabwean national, meet all the conditions set by the Fund, and belong to the scholarship programme’s target group.
• If you think you belong to the Libertas Support Fund’s target group, you should contact the Dutch embassy in Harare by sending an e-mail to har@minbuza.nl explaining in a few sentences why you believe you belong to the scholarship programme’s target group. You will immediately receive confirmation of receipt of your e-mail.

York University

• International Scholarship Program for Africa (4). VALUE: $100,000 ($25,000 x 4 years). Must be citizen of an African country. To renew — maintain high academic standing (7.8 on a 9-point York scale) in each academic year at York.

FOR THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS

The Crosby Scholarship Fund

• for Theological Education in Zimbabwe provides an opportunity for donors to make contributions to a permanent fund that will allow the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe to grant scholarship support for students studying for the ministry. The first priority for the use of distributions from the Crosby Scholarship Fund is to provide support for UCCZ students studying for the ministry at the United Theological College in Zimbabwe. Second priority is to use the distributions to support their ministerial students studying in other institutions of theological education in Africa.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Clutton-Brock Scholarship For Zimbabwe

• The object of this scholarship scheme is to establish scholarships at postgraduate level in the University of Cambridge for the benefit of students from Zimbabwe. The Scholarships are open to citizens of Zimbabwe, normally under the age of 35 and normally resident in Zimbabwe, who already have, or expect to obtain before 1 October 2008, a first class or high second class degree or its equivalent from a recognised University.

Canon Collins Trust

• provides scholarships to students who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (mainly Master’s degrees of one or two years) in either the United Kingdom or South Africa.

Sloan African Scholarship

• The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust – African Scholarship. The scholarship is open to all successful applicants on the Sloan Fellowship who are African nationals and reside in Africa.

FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Beit Trust

• The Beit Trust offers annually a small number of Scholarships abroad for postgraduate studies or research to graduates who are domiciled in Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe (the beneficial area).  Scholarships are taken up at a university in the United Kingdom, Ireland or South Africa, for study in a subject of the individual’s choice appropriate to the needs of the beneficial area.

Crosby Scholarship Fund for Theological Students

• The Crosby Scholarship Fund for Theological Education in Zimbabwe provides an opportunity for donors to make contributions to a permanent fund that will allow the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe to grant scholarship support for students studying for the ministry. The principal of the Crosby Scholarship Fund is invested and 100 percent of the distributions from the Crosby Scholarship Fund will be disbursed to the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe.

Phoenix Fund for Zimbabwe Professional Development/Vocational Training

• Phoenix Zimbabwe provides a source of financial assistance for Zimbabwean exiles in the UK who wish to pursue courses of professional development or vocational training that will equip them to participate in the rebuilding the economy and institutions of Zimbabwe when circumstances allow them to return home.

Other Great Links to Scholarship Opportunities:

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Canadian Undergraduate International Student Scholarships

• Canadian Universities offer a world class education and generous scholarships to international students. Here’s our list of the best opportunities.

U.S. Undergraduate International Student Scholarships

• Numerous US Universities offer scholarships for international students. We list only the best opportunities here.

TOP 10 Undergraduate Scholarships

• We’ve examined scholarship opportunities from 100’s of schools and only these make our TOP 10 list.

TOP 10 Graduate Scholarships

• Looking for the best scholarships offered for Graduate study. Here’s our TOP 10 list of best choices.

• Also see our list of the Best European Graduate Scholarships

Please contact the scholarship provider, zimdev is not involved in the awarding of any scholarships.

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