09/06/2024
đź“Ł APPLICATIONS FOR THE U-GO SCHOLAR GRANT PROGRAM ARE NOW OPEN
In partnership with education startup U-Go, Ayala Foundation is launching a new initiative to help young women from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher education.
The U-Go scholar grant program aims to support high-achieving, motivated Filipina students in public universities by providing financial assistance for their education. Ayala Foundation will manage the program implementation -- from application screening, to interviews, and scholar monitoring.
Each scholar will be awarded Php 40,000, which will renew annually as long as she maintains good academic results. An initial class of 75-100 scholars will be welcomed into the program in the coming months, with a medium-term goal of at least 1,000 U-Go Scholars across the nation.
The Philippines is the seventh country in which U-Go will operate. The California-based nonprofit launched by Room to Read founder John Wood is also in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam
Mariana Zobel de Ayala, BPI Senior Vice President of Consumer Bank Marketing and Platforms, has joined the U-Go Global Board of Directors and will lead expansion efforts.
“The issue of education equality for women is as much about empowering women as it is about building the most capable economy possible for the Philippines, to ensure our collective progress as a nation. The opportunity to contribute to this possibility, through U-Go Philippines, is exciting,” said Zobel de Ayala.
đź”—https://afi.ph/u-goapply
📆Applications close on November 15, 2022
https://www.ayalafoundation.org/program/u-go-scholar-grant/
http://ugouniversity.org/
