Shaping Our Future Foundation which is led by First Lady Monica Chakwera has gotten a boost in form of forty full scholarship for girls by one of the major private education service providers Maranatha Private Academy.
The Foundation which was launched by Chakwera in October 2020 is aimed at supporting government efforts in ensuring women and girls especially in rural areas are accessing and completing education through provision of material and education needs.
Recently Director of Maranatha Private Schools Ernest Kawonga and the management team paid a courtesy call on Chakwera, where he announced the scholarships.
Kawonga also offered other places for bright students that are in other schools at a subsidized rate.
According to Kawonga, the decision to offer the scholarships was inspired by the First Lady’s story of her early childhood and education back in the village and the tremendous works her foundation aspires to achieve.
Speaking during the meeting, Chakwera commended Maranatha Private Academy for the scholarships and appealed to other institutions and organizations to emulate the same in uplifting the life of a girl child.
According to the First Lady, such initiative will help bridge the gender divide that has existed for so long in access to quality education.
The scholarship which starts September 2022 is to a tune of over MK 200 Million.