The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program office at the University of Gondar organized a sensitization workshop today on February 21, 2022. The focus of the event was to promote the science and field of Occupational Therapy to incoming freshmen who have not yet chosen their desired academic path. The freshmen who numbered in the hundreds came … Continued
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Gondar on 19 February 2022 organized and held a comprehensive consultative meeting with Scholars. The intention of the discussion is to create a better Program moving forward trying to heed to the grievances, concerns and thoughts of the Scholars who are people with disabilities and disadvantages. … Continued
The University of Gondar’s Scholars Program conducted life skills training for Scholars as part of the program’s institutional development strategy. The program, which is geared towards new Scholars, and will span 9 days, allows newcomers to get valuable insight into self-awareness, goal setting, communication skills (English), financial literacy and other pertinent topics. 59 Mastercard Foundation … Continued
An event organized by the University of Gondar’s CBR program and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars program took place to celebrate the International day of Disability with the theme “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible, and sustainable Post-COVID-19 World”.
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With the virtual graduation ceremony of 2 Masters OT fellows, the program is coming that much closer to setting the foundational stone of the first ever Occupational Therapy program in Ethiopia.
Partners and stakeholders who took part in the meeting included Cheshire services, Mehabre Hewot for Social Development (MHSD), Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD), Rehabilitation Center, Bahar Dar, 17 Alumni Scholars and Mastercard Foundation staff.
The Scholars Program is one of the best programs in the world that caters and supports those people in communities who are marginalized and often overlooked. The Scholars Program is strictly for talented people with disabilities and disadvantages and seeks to create a new status quo where these individuals are leaders in their society, and wider region. Freshmen Scholars who joined with this pledge of excellence and transformative fervor are on their way to making this a reality.
