With more than 95% unemployment rate in the country chances to find a paid job after you finish education is low, unless you can create your own workspace. It’s nice to have a good education, but without a paid job in the other end it doesn’t really help even though you have a nice title and diploma.

Through the whole education program we try to teach, motivate and show the children that the knowledge they gain is what will make them able to stand on their own feet in the future, even though they might find someone to employ them. We encourage the kids to do vocational training or courses like agriculture, mechanics, carpenter etc where you can create your own workspace without depending on others to employ you.

The Majasi-family is our golden example to the fact that you do not need a fancy diploma to succeed. When we first met them back in 2014 we were not even sure the family of 10 would make it. They didn’t have anything, and they lived in absolute poverty. Today, this family, who’s now 12 people, are doing so well. They’ve become one of our greatest role models. Last year they harvested more then 1,25 tons (!!) of maize, more than 8 20 liter buckets with peanuts, in addition to other vegetables. All the children are going to school, and are coming home with prizes and diplomas as the best of the class, or the best of school. Their oldest son, Solomon, started a three years course in agriculture, and are soon to be done. To see how this family has grown and developed by using the knowledge from Solomons course is purely amazing. Now they are planning to make this years harvest even better then last years.

Of course it will always be students who does exeptionally good in school, and who wants and should study further. Someone wants to become pharmacists, like Brain, or doctors, like Joy. As long as they have enough points and really want to work for we’re really cheering them!

To be able to study at university they need to get a minimum of 12 out of 15 possible points. If they don’t have this they’ll still be able to do courses. Both courses and university students can apply to get 50% of their school fees covered from year to year. They need to pay back the loan with 5% interest over 5 years after ending their education.

The reason why we have these requirements is that the kids should learn how it is to loan something, to plan for paying back, and last but not least to make sure even more children will be given student loans. By adding the 5% interest we are hoping that this project will sustain itself after a while, so that one students repayment will go to the next one.

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