Grow Africa Through Education
Contact Information
- Postal Address *: 190 Greentree Drive suite 101 Dover Delawere 17005 USA
- Office Location: Same as above
- Region *: Lagos
- Country *: Nigeria
- City *: Alagbado
- Telephone *: +15184813368
- Fax :
- Email *: info@growthscholars.org
- Website *: www.growthscholars.org
Activities
- Vision *: Our vision is to have 250 scholarship recipients in the program by 2023, and send our inaugural class off to college with full-ride scholarships in 2024
- Mission *: Our mission at Growth Scholars is to provide need-based scholarships and mentorship opportunities to students helping them unleash their unexplored potentials. Thereby closing the academic and opportunity gap for motivated young people in Africa, ensuring they have access to quality education regardless of their financial background.
- Thematic Areas *: Education / Education,Humanitarian Affairs / Affaires Humanitaires
- Target Group: International / Internationale ,Regional / Régionale,Community / Communauté
- Key Objectives *: Our free, six-year program will educate, and mentor underserved low-income students from Basic 7 through college graduation. We will have a 100% secondary school graduation rate and a 100% college acceptance and graduation rate.Our model is simple! Instead of building schools that incur high building and maintenance costs, we’re partnering with local schools in our host communities and providing full-ride scholarships and mentorships to low-income students by keeping our costs low, we’re able to maximize all donations.Our scholars will have constant access to mentorship from professionals in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. Our community liaisons will also always be on hand to ensure their academic success. Scholars will also be paired with college students and professors in the United States, to give them access to the world outside their community. They will also engage inCommunity ServiceForeign Exchange ProgramsField TripsPersonal Finance classesDiction classesLocal and international CompetitionsAnd many more…
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- Government Engagement:
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- Major or Current Achievements *: Our free, six-year program will educate, and mentor underserved low-income students from Basic 7 through college graduation. We will have a 100% secondary school graduation rate and a 100% college acceptance and graduation rate.Our model is simple! Instead of building schools that incur high building and maintenance costs, we’re partnering with local schools in our host communities and providing full-ride scholarships and mentorships to low-income students by keeping our costs low, we’re able to maximize all donations. Our scholars will have constant access to mentorship from professionals in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. Our community liaisons will also always be on hand to ensure their academic success. Scholars will also be paired with college students and professors in the United States, to give them access to the world outside their community. They will also engage in Community Service Foreign Exchange Programs Field Trips Personal Finance classes Diction classes Local and international Competitions And many more…
- Functional Board *:
- Number of Board Members *: 5
- List Expertise of Board Members *: Professors, Educators Finance
- Organisational Strategic Plan *:
- Head of Organisation *: Victoria Polk
- Name of Contact Person *: Victoria Polk
- Position of Contact Person *: Founder
- Number of Staff *: 10
- Number of Males *: 4
- Number of Females *: 5