Refugee Student Graduates, Starts NGO
Kasifa Kakai, a former primary school teacher who fled her home country of Uganda in 1998 due to political problems, says funding for refugees who want to study at higher education institutions in South Africa needs attention.
Kakai graduated from the University of the Western Cape with an honours degree in development studies and started a NGO, ‘Unity for Tertiary Refugee Students (UTRS)’.
"It was a very hard time for me. I survived because of my friends and the assistance of the South African National Zakah Fund. Financial aid was not available to students who were refugees," explains Kakai.
UTRS will help students to obtain funding from organisations and will also negotiate with the management of institutions to allow refugee students to pay their fees in instalments.
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Kakai graduated from the University of the Western Cape with an honours degree in development studies and started a NGO, ‘Unity for Tertiary Refugee Students (UTRS)’.
"It was a very hard time for me. I survived because of my friends and the assistance of the South African National Zakah Fund. Financial aid was not available to students who were refugees," explains Kakai.
UTRS will help students to obtain funding from organisations and will also negotiate with the management of institutions to allow refugee students to pay their fees in instalments.
To read the article titled, “Refugee student earns honours degree,” click here.
Source:
Independent Online
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