Women Scholarship Program 2008, AARP Foundation
July 21, 2008
The AARP Foundation announced a call for entries to its second annual Women’s Scholarship Program. The scholarships will provide funds to women 40+ who are seeking new job skills, training and educational opportunities to support themselves and their families. “The AARP Foundation is pleased to be offering the Women’s Scholarship Program again this year,” said Delaware State Director Lucretia Young. “AARP Foundation is committed to elevating opportunities for women. Last year, we were able to provide valuable resources that enabled 74 deservingomen to have access to the educational tools to advance their professional goals.”
Interested applicants can submit their application online beginning
July 1, 2008 at http://www.aarpfoundationwlc.org. The application process
closes on August 22, 2008 and scholarships will be awarded in early 2009.
Scholarship winners will be chosen by an independent selection committee established by the AARP Foundation. They will be chosen on the basis of financial need, personal circumstances and achievements, educational goals, and the likely impact of the scholarship on their lives nd their families and communities. The Foundation will award up to 100 scholarship awards ranging from $500 to $5,000, depending on financial need and the cost of the education or training program.
Further Information at http://www.aarp.org/foundation.
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I want some scholarship
is the scholarship provided to any university around the world and to any person around the world because am a Tanzania wants to study in tanzania too
IAM A WOMAN AGED 45 IAM A NURSE WITH DIPLOMA I WOULD LIKE TO GO FURTHER WITH MY CAREES IN COMMUNITY SIDE IAPPLIED AMREF WHO ARE CONDUCTING COMMUNITY HEALTH DIPLOMA AND THE FEES IS ABOUT $7000 AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THAT AMOUNT IAM DESPERATE PLEASE HELP IHAVE TWO SONS TO TAKE CARE OF WITH THEIR SCHOOL FEES AND EVERYTHING.
THANKS
ROSE
I am a woman aged 48. i have MSc in nursing . i want to get PhD in human nutrition in canada or England or Australia. how can you help me?
I am Indian women phD in English Literature.
I wish to do phD in Teaching english as second Language from US/canada.
I would be happy if you can help me persue this.
i am a graduate of biochemistry and i wish to apply for this scholarship.how can i apply?
i wish to apply for women scholarship programe 2008-2009,AARP Foundation.how can i apply
I a needy woman from Ethiopia, Africa looking for a scholarship. Please help me to be on the right truck. Would you mind to gaid me how to proceed.
Thanks and regards,
Rahel Baffie Hattassa
I am a Tanzanian woman aged 50 years of age I am currently persuing a BA in Development Studies at MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation Arusha Tanzania. The course started in June 2008 and ends July 2010. It runs in three modules and finally research. The cost of the course is US$8880. As a woman who is interested in helping the community and society , I wish to apply for scholarship to enable me persue this study.
I am afemale ugandan adult aged 28years, i posses abachelor of Arts Education currently am a classroom teacher on temprary terms in teh Rwenzori Region.
Am seeking ascholorship to enable persue a masters degree in either Gender studies,Developmental studies or Public policy and Admininistration or Management.
I pray that and hope , that if offered ascholorship will mainstream gender policies,administrate, and advocate for development amongest the communities.
I SO PRAY
iam a ugandan and a graduate in social work and social adminstration GPA 3.53. at uganda christian university have worked as avolonteer in network for youths and chiildren uganda currently iam working as volonteer at development research and training that focuses in three pragmatic area 1) Research: deepening our understanding of poverty and use this to inform policy.
2)capacity building and istitutional development to contributte to pro-poor policy and demysfy the policy making proceses
3)policy engagement thus to enhance the skills of civil society organizations for effective and efficient delivery of servises/ programmes.
have also carried out evaluation and monitoring of projects in east africa
i would like to do masters in peace and conflict mamnagement or international development studies
yours faithfully
nabwire vivian maximiller
uganda east africa
256-772941504
AM a uganadan female graduate in BA(ART), from the war torn Northern part of uganda who would like to persue a masters degree in public health from an institution in the UK or Denmark. i would like to win a scholarship but dont know how to proceed. i work for an organisation that handles Paediatric HIV nad AIDs care for children, in a region with prevalence rate of 8.3% compared to the national statistics of 6.4%. if support i can be of help to my nation.
Iam a Sudanese Female (Sudan), i hold Master degree in Economics & Administration from University of Malaya (Malaysia), now i got offer letter from the same University in Malaysia to do my PhD on development studies my thesis title is (Impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty in Sudan - focus on family’s income) 2009-20012, can u help me to get scolarship for this study