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Student
Selection Process
Crucial
to the success of our organization is finding motivated
young men and women who will take full advantage of
the opportunity Educate! provides them to become leaders
in finding solutions to the problems facing Africa.
All
applicants must send in an application,
which allows us to get to know the individual, their
past, and their dreams for the future. In addition
to the application, almost all our students are informally
interviewed by members of Educate! student clubs in
the States who have traveled to Uganda. We select
our students based on their backgrounds, grades, and
motivation to use their education to become socially
responsible leaders and make a positive contribution
to society.
Many
of our students are orphans and have been through
incredible hardships in the past. We believe that
our students' past experiences increase their desire
to make the most out of their opportunity as an Educate!
student and in their lives afterwards. We look for
students who stay motivated; keep up a positive attitude;
and have a great personality, warm heart, and strong
mind in spite of their past suffering.
We
are in the process of revamping our selection process.
The first step of the new process is to speak with
schools and community leaders in order to find students
who best fit our criteria. Those students will then
be asked to fill out an application. Prior to selection,
Educate! volunteers will spend a considerable amount
of time with the strongest applicants in multiple
contexts. We want to fully develop the new selection
process prior to increasing the number of sponsored
students so we can be sure that our support goes to
the most deserving students.
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