15 Students Awarded 2012 Secondary School Scholarships
As each year rolls over, more and more students are aiming high and achieving grades high enough to be awarded the Oasis Africa Australia Secondary School Scholarship.
Congratulations to all our students who sat for their P8 exams, in particular the 15 students who achieved 250 or higher and will be commencing Secondary School in February 2012.
What are the facts?
At least 50,000 AIDS orphans and vulnerable children live in Africa’s poorest slum – Kibera – located in Nairobi, Kenya. Kibera is home to over 1 million people, where extended families, generally totalling 8 or more, live in small mud/stick shacks with corrugated roof and no electricity. There are no government hospitals or clinics, no proper sewerage systems and one latrine (hole in the ground) is shared by up to 400 people.
What are we doing about it?
After seeing the need first hand in June 2005, Oasis Africa Australia was established to raise awareness and funds to help create a better future for these children through development of community based schools which provide food, education, shelter, safety, health services and essential trauma counseling.