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​Scholarships for Girls

​It is often difficult for women to finish their high school education in Malawi.  The majority of rural Malawian families are very poor and barely make ends meet; if there is illness of a parent, loss of job income or other household circumstances, the female child of the family almost inevitably must leave school. In response to this situation, MDG has set up an Academic Scholarship Fund to help out girls who demonstrate good academic performance and are unable to continue their schooling.  There is a clear mandate for the selection, handling, distribution and reporting of the fund which is overseen by the principal of the Chilanga Secondary School.
Although originally established to award two scholarships each year to students entering their final year of study at the secondary level, when funds permit, other students have been helped as well.
Since its inception one of the scholarship recipients has gone on to teachers’ college and is now teaching in Malawi.
 
Jill Filipovic looks at this issue in her article in the Guardian Unlimited in 2014. 

The article is entitled: 
In 2014, it's unacceptable for girls in Malawi to be unable to go to school 
The full article can be found at http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/01/malawi-girls-education-poverty-aid-corruption
 
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