Student scholarship Program

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Student scholarship Program - 2025

The CPG’s student scholarship program, which began with 15 Kenyan secondary school students in 2006, is flourishing in 2025, and continues to be one of the most efficient educational scholarship programs in existence in the developing world.

By the time we reach September, 2025, a total of 315 young Kenyans will have been offered student scholarships by CPG. From this total, 225 students who were presented with scholarships in the past are no longer being sponsored.

Out of the 225 students no longer being sponsored:

-       9 dropped out of secondary school for various reasons (pregnancy, mental health)

-       21 went as far as a secondary school graduation

-       195 enrolled at colleges or universities in Kenya which amounts to 86.7% of all students who have passed through the student scholarship program.

CPG is very fortunate to have a connection with the Kitchener Rotary Club. In 2008 a retired professor from Laurier University, Dr. Audrey Wipper, left a large financial endowment to be managed by the Kitchener Rotary Club, and used to support young women in developing countries to further their education at post-secondary schools in their country. As a result, the Rotary African Women’s Education Fund (R.A.W.E.F.) was set up, and we at CPG have benefitted as a result. Financial support from the R.A.W.E.F. has allowed us to offer scholarships to many talented, financial needy, female students, graduating from various secondary schools in the Bondo region to attend universities throughout Kenya. These are young women who were not supported by C.P.G. while in secondary school. Since 2009 a total of 68 young women have been presented with R.A.W.E.F. scholarships. By the end of 2025 a total of 44 of these students will have graduated from various Kenyan universities with degrees in finance, medicine, law, education etc. The remaining 24 young women will, during the 2025-2026 academic year, be actively attending university with 6 each in years 1,2,3 and 4.

How are Students Accepted for the Program?

For the first time in 19 years, we will no longer be seeking new sponsorships for any student entering form 1 at a Kenyan secondary school. As a result of this change any new sponsor will now be expected to support their sponsored student for a total of 3 to 4 years at a post-secondary school instead of the 7 or 8 years in the past. In 2025 we will only be sponsoring secondary students in forms 2, 3 and 4. This trend will continue for the next 3 years until in 2028 we will no longer be sponsoring any student attending a secondary school. Beginning in 2025 all new students chosen for CPG sponsorships will have already graduated from secondary schools within the region. Our colleagues at the Matangwe Community Health and Development Program (M.C.H.D.P.) will visit as many schools as possible seeking talented and motivated students with good results on their Kenyan Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.), but who do not have the financial means to further their education at Kenyan colleges or universities. All students identified as potential recipients of CPG scholarships will complete applications, be interviewed, and will be chosen in a fair manner

In 2025, by the time we reach September, we will be sponsoring a total of 90 students:

-       27 attending secondary boarding schools (Forms 2, 3 & 4)

-       63 students attending colleges or universities (majority at a university)

WE ARE PROUD OF OUR GRADUATES

At the end of 2024, 9 of our sponsored students, who were in form 4 at various secondary schools in the region, wrote the national exams to earn their K.C.S.E. and graduate from secondary school. Their results were as follows: 1B, 3B-, 3C+, 2C. The 7 students with C+ or better will be eligible to enroll at a university if they so choose, while the other 2 students will be able to enrol at a college. Any student with a C+ result is probably in the top 20% of all Kenyan students writing these exams.

The vast majority of our graduates are eventually finding employment as a result of their post-secondary education. It may begin as an internship, then a contract position, and finally a full-time position. It is a testament to the program, our generous student sponsors and donors, but most of all to the students for their hard work, perseverance, and discipline. Congratulations to all our amazing Kenyan students!