A better future is within reach for East Africa, but to grasp it will require a new generation of educated, capable, open-minded leaders, representing the area's great diversity of ethnic groups.
The East African Scholars Fund, founded in 2013, helps high-achieving students from low-income communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi achieve their dream of studying at the world's best universities. EASF supports programs in East African countries which identify, select, tutor and mentor such scholars capable of earning full-need scholarships, primarily at North American universities, and who intend to return home to pursue their careers.
EASF endorses programs where a little money goes a long way. The fund is a primary sponsor of Kenya's Education and Social Empowerment Program which has invested $225,000 over its first nine years to help 65 students earn scholarships valued at approximately $16.5 million at top U.S. universities.
EASF wishes to recognize donors Beth and Dick Aften, Vivienne Kouba, Al & Joyce Couper, Ingvar Katmo, Erik Heinonen, Annette Peters, Jani Selven, Barbara Gunn, Cary Hancock, Elizabeth Lananna, Jane Vogel, Carol Yahner, Jack Anderson, Jill Mestler, David and Mara Pitkethly, Elizabeth Seibert, the Eugene Running Company, Jeffrey Homer, Bev Smith, Robert Haskett & Stephanie Wood, Erika Leaf, Curtis Anderson & Linda Zhang, Bev Smith, Joan Dunbar, Nancy Burbank, Paul & Cindy Weinhold, Rudy Chapa and Patricia Eiting, Andrew Hoskinson.
Virginia Hendrickson, Travis Snow, Jason Mangone, Roz Slovic, Linda Renfro, Mary Bridges, Ryan Miller and Liisa Heinonen-Miller, Allan Watters, Diana Aguilar Millay, Party Downtown, Sweet Life Patisserie, First National Tap House, Sizzle Pie, Jenny Simpson, Mark Wetmore, Debbie Cadigan, McKay Sohlberg, Bev Holman, Jessica Mauer, Clarissa Chan, Jeremy Cabalona, Suha Gilliani, Lisa Hernandez, Julia Darcey, Jennifer Daniell, Hilary Lord, Helen and Jim Jackson, Nancy Burbank, David Chege Gitau, Derrick Cheruiyot, Daniel Cheruiyot, Linus Kipkoech, Gloria Kurere, Georgina Tolgos, Cornellius Metto, Hepsiba Chepngeno, Kevin Baru, Gloria Kurere, Sammy Bor, Victoria Kiplagat, Michelle Kemei.
Julie and Rick Miller, Kim Spir, Randall Lewis, Greg & Anne Erwin, Jack Pfeifer, Jim Anderson, Martha & Ira Aronin, Sally Smith, Jules Trigeuiro, the University of Oregon Department of Mathematics, Thornton & Maureen Lewis, Nancy Raymond, Jon Anderson, Joy Poust, Christine Bohne, Marjory Ramey, Frank and Roberta Gagliano, Pete Gribskov, Paul Roline, Patrick Wagner, Peter Briggs, Judy Erwin, Sarah Gillespie, Marylyn Klein Larsen, Franklin Fisher, Janet Yelle, Harry Daniell, and Tom & Janet Heinonen. A special thank you to Pete Gribskov of QSL Printing (Eugene, OR) for QSL's contribution of EASF brochures, Plank Town Brewing Company for hosting EASF Benefit Nights, Kip Leonard & Jody Miller for hosting an East African Sampler evening, and the Eugene East African Community for contributing its traditional cuisine for the Sampler.
The East African Scholars Fund, founded in 2013, helps high-achieving students from low-income communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi achieve their dream of studying at the world's best universities. EASF supports programs in East African countries which identify, select, tutor and mentor such scholars capable of earning full-need scholarships, primarily at North American universities, and who intend to return home to pursue their careers.
EASF endorses programs where a little money goes a long way. The fund is a primary sponsor of Kenya's Education and Social Empowerment Program which has invested $225,000 over its first nine years to help 65 students earn scholarships valued at approximately $16.5 million at top U.S. universities.
EASF wishes to recognize donors Beth and Dick Aften, Vivienne Kouba, Al & Joyce Couper, Ingvar Katmo, Erik Heinonen, Annette Peters, Jani Selven, Barbara Gunn, Cary Hancock, Elizabeth Lananna, Jane Vogel, Carol Yahner, Jack Anderson, Jill Mestler, David and Mara Pitkethly, Elizabeth Seibert, the Eugene Running Company, Jeffrey Homer, Bev Smith, Robert Haskett & Stephanie Wood, Erika Leaf, Curtis Anderson & Linda Zhang, Bev Smith, Joan Dunbar, Nancy Burbank, Paul & Cindy Weinhold, Rudy Chapa and Patricia Eiting, Andrew Hoskinson.
Virginia Hendrickson, Travis Snow, Jason Mangone, Roz Slovic, Linda Renfro, Mary Bridges, Ryan Miller and Liisa Heinonen-Miller, Allan Watters, Diana Aguilar Millay, Party Downtown, Sweet Life Patisserie, First National Tap House, Sizzle Pie, Jenny Simpson, Mark Wetmore, Debbie Cadigan, McKay Sohlberg, Bev Holman, Jessica Mauer, Clarissa Chan, Jeremy Cabalona, Suha Gilliani, Lisa Hernandez, Julia Darcey, Jennifer Daniell, Hilary Lord, Helen and Jim Jackson, Nancy Burbank, David Chege Gitau, Derrick Cheruiyot, Daniel Cheruiyot, Linus Kipkoech, Gloria Kurere, Georgina Tolgos, Cornellius Metto, Hepsiba Chepngeno, Kevin Baru, Gloria Kurere, Sammy Bor, Victoria Kiplagat, Michelle Kemei.
Julie and Rick Miller, Kim Spir, Randall Lewis, Greg & Anne Erwin, Jack Pfeifer, Jim Anderson, Martha & Ira Aronin, Sally Smith, Jules Trigeuiro, the University of Oregon Department of Mathematics, Thornton & Maureen Lewis, Nancy Raymond, Jon Anderson, Joy Poust, Christine Bohne, Marjory Ramey, Frank and Roberta Gagliano, Pete Gribskov, Paul Roline, Patrick Wagner, Peter Briggs, Judy Erwin, Sarah Gillespie, Marylyn Klein Larsen, Franklin Fisher, Janet Yelle, Harry Daniell, and Tom & Janet Heinonen. A special thank you to Pete Gribskov of QSL Printing (Eugene, OR) for QSL's contribution of EASF brochures, Plank Town Brewing Company for hosting EASF Benefit Nights, Kip Leonard & Jody Miller for hosting an East African Sampler evening, and the Eugene East African Community for contributing its traditional cuisine for the Sampler.