ZIMBABWEANS can now apply for Commonwealth scholarships following an easing of tension between the organisation and the southern African country.
The country iniatiated dialogue with the Commonwealth at a three-day round table meeting which started on Tuesday this week — a move seen as a precursor to having Zimbabwe bounce back to the Commonwealth family.
Officials from the inclusive Government attended the three-day meeting with representatives from the Commonwealth grouping this week in Johannesburg.
They held a roundtable meeting to drum up humanitarian aid for the country and re-establish formal links, according to a statement from the grouping.
At the meeting it was agreed that a network of regional and international civic organisations affiliated to the Commonwealth will develop a special programme to assist Zimbabwe with training, along with technical and other humanitarian support.
Zimbabwe voluntarily left the Commonwealth in 2003.
Yesterday, the head of the Commonwealth Foundation, Mark Collins, said in Johannesburg that Zimbabweans could apply for Commonwealth scholarships
again.
Collins said engagement with Zimbabwe by the Commonwealth network had been growing since civil society bodies petitioned for such support at the 2007
Commonwealth heads of state and government meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
“This meeting has been the first step and a programme for the future has been developed,” Collins said.
Formal political ties between Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth are yet to be restored. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met Commonwealth officials during his recent visit to Europe and the US.
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mishell tatenda mziyabantu says
My name is mishell tatenda mziyabantu and i am a young lady aged 19.i finished my a level studies and i got 14 points,i am desperately looking for a scholarship,i was doing history,literature and geography and i am looking forward to studying law at the university of zimbabwe.if you can by any means please do help me i am looking forward to a better future.thank you in advance
Thulani Dube says
I am 21 years ,currently studying a degree in Political Science at the University of Zimbabwe.By 2013 i will be studying a masters degree in International Relations in one of the world’s best universities,so i’m kindly asking for financial support .
Thank you
Richard Nyadzi says
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please i am a Ghanaian and a final year medical laboratory technology student. I have a current GPA of 3.2 out of 4. I am completing a programme of three-year study in the next two months. Please i am 23 years old. It is my biggest dream to study medicine in Cuba so that i can be a good doctor someday. Please Sir/Madam, my entire education has been a struggle due to lack of financial strength from my family. I completed my senior high school by a government scholarship. But for this scholarship i would not find myself where i am now, it has only been by the grace of God.
Please, i have a great passion when it comes to health matters but lack the financial strength. Please help me with this scholarship so that i can be a blessing to the less privilege in soceity and to my family since no one in my entire family has attained such educational height. My phone number is +233 0247231927.
Thank you and God richly bless you for His work.