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Both young men are only a year apart in now focus entirely on completing his final year of school.
age, Alex 22 and Rushand 21, but their
stories are similar as both come from The scholarship took a weight off Rushand’s shoulders as he said that the prospect
underserved communities and have of not being able to complete the course was fast becoming a reality but after seeing
beaten the odds to excel in a discipline a post on Facebook for the scholarship he applied and was elated when he found out
that is not very popular locally. he was selected.

Both Alex and Rushand could have had Both are respected in their communities for not only rising above the stigma, poverty
different stories as both are from tough and lack of general resources, but for their decision to choose an area that is seldom
communities that too often feature young considered as an area of study. The young men wish to in some way impact their
men who hang on the corner wasting communities either by offering classes to community members or by merely being an
their lives away. Like Alex, Rushand said example of how seeking out new opportunities can result in unlocking your potential.
he always saw more for himself and he
was able to see the possibility of doing
more through education.

The two who were scholarship recipients
in 2016 said the scholarship made a
world of difference to them.

For Alex, his family had a hard time JSIF Social Development Manager, Mona Sue Ho and EU- Community Development specialist, Guiliano
putting him through college and he said Masini speak with Alex and Rushand at a ceremony held for PRP scholarship recipients in October 2016 .
the tuition bill kept climbing. He disclosed
that the scholarship came at a good time
as his worry about paying an ever-rising
tuition balance is now gone and he can