Orange Scholar Initiative

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The Orange Scholar Initiative is an annual navigation of schools with dynamic faculty and scholarship for brilliant but needy students in Ghana towards further studies.

Standings & Awards

591 out of 591 in Africa
779 out of 779 in Education
573 out of 573 in Pilot
992 out of 992 in Charitable
4003 out of 4003 Overall

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In 2011, Joseph Opoku obtained scholarship worth $48,000 to study at the African Leadership Academy.

Background

The contemporary renaissance of Africa shows itself in the way many Africans are trying to assert themselves from the young to the old. Of late, many young people are nursing ambition and taking grassroots projects unto global heights. Social innovations (that crafts solutions for the problems that plague a people) promises to be one of the strong pillars that will support the future African society just like the sterling ideas of Edison, Aristotle and Graham Bell did for their societies. Like many of the springing social innovations, the Orange Scholar Initiative is one of such social interventions that hopes to re-write the rules of studying abroad as the preserve of the rich.

WHAT IS THE ORANGE SCHOLAR INITIATIVE

The Orange Scholar Initiative is an annual navigation of schools abroad with dynamic faculty and scholarship for brilliant but needy students in Ghana towards further studies.

THE METHOD

The Orange Scholar initiative is carried out by volunteers who are students from Ghana's tertiary institutions. These volunteers visit youth groups and mostly third class schools to select students taking into key consideration the requirements of the partner institution. Students pay nothing for these services rendered.

THE 2011 PILOT PROJECT

The Orange Scholar initiative kicked off in 2011 after it had contacted and secured permission from the African Leadership Academy's Admission board to recommend students into the Academy. Our volunteers visited selected secondary schools in the capital to scout for students who possessed the traits that our partner institutions were looking for.Our volunteers help these students in completing their admission forms, travel to their homes to seek their parents consent and make them append their signatures and continue to guide students in the proceeding stages of the application.

As part of media publicity we were granted interview on Unique Fm's Curious Minds Show. One of our volunteers, Edith Asamani is co-host of the Unique Curious Minds show.

THE SUCCESS

Out of 7 applicants recommended to the Academy, Joseph Opoku gained scholarship worth $48,000 for his two years course.

IN FUTURE

We hope to build more partnership with schools abroad and spread across Ghana so that we re-write the rules of studying abroad as the preserve of the rich.

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Supporting Document:

Letter of Partnership-Orange Education and ALA

Registration Certificate-Orange Education

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Roadmap to Success Optional (1 - 3 minutes to upload)

Roadmap to Success:

roadmap_to_success.pdf

FIVE PROJECT QUESTIONS Required (60 - 90 minutes)

1. What is your innovation?

“ Orange Education has given me a lifetime opportunity. One that has given me access to a world-class education at the African Leadership Academy. Every moment of my life today, is filled with personal growth and a network of young people from all over Africa, who are passionate about becoming the generation that will save the continent from its numerous problems” Joseph Opoku, class of 2013-African Leadership Academy. jopoku11@alastudents.org

2. Who gains the most?

Brilliant but needy students across Ghana. By extension, parents of the students described above.

3. Who pays?

The cost of scouting, coaching, mentoring as well as application processing of selected Orange Scholars sponsored through the contribution of volunteers. The scholarship for now is offered by the African Leadership Academy.

4. What is your success?

Education a right, not a privilege! In the first year of implementation, Joseph Opoku, in 2011 gained admission to the African Leadership Academy, and won a whopping scholarship worth $48,000 for his two years Leadership Programme at the Academy. Today, Joseph who never thought of a world-class education is happily enjoying his stay in South Africa. We are in the second year and have just received news from the Academy that three out of nine orange scholars have been selected as finalist.

5. How will you do it?

We are excited by the current strides and hope to build very great relationships with great schools globally into which we can recommend less privileged but brilliant students in our bid to re-write the obnoxious rule of education in Africa where a world class education is only at the beckon of the rich. We hope to see an expansion of this noble project via: Building a strong network with former Orange Scholars to bring more students on board.