Education Japan Project #54994

Educate YouMeWe's Mark Bell Scholarship

by YouMeWe NPO

Project Report | Aug 15, 2022
YouMeWe NPO's Mark Bell Scholarship Fund

By Michael Clemons | Founder

Application 4

Dear Friends,

When is the last time you did something for the first time?

This month we have a student starting online with the University of Arizona studying a Bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Development. Another student who is in her third year of medical undergraduate has a ways to go but applied for help to take a coding class on top of her current studies and we were able to fund this for her thanks to you. She is one of 17 young adults who have aged out of the homes we provided MacBooks to pursue their studies post high school.

Attached are both applications received as well as a brochure we are starting to circulate as more and more students are seeing the opportunity to further their education.

When we started in this space, 33% of the children were 2 grade levels behind their peers due to their circumstances and only 9% went on to university. That figure has grown tremendously into double digits over the years as we also explain that stopping school at the age of 15 which is legal in Japan caps their chances at jobs and salary levels. We share with them in our Financial Literacy training and Life Connection group how their chances for employment exponentially grow with higher education.

Mr.Mark Bell had started this fund with his donation by wanting to help those in most need which includes the children we support in the Philippines, Ghana and now Brazil as well as Japan.

A message from his family:

"This scholarship is in honor and named for Mark Bell. It was said of him that he was the idealization of the word decent. He cared about those less fortunate than himself. He cared about kids in need and their journey. He began this scholarship just a few weeks before he passed away. Mark is our son,brother, uncle and friend.and we miss him everyday. Thank you. Susan and Harris Amster, Stephen and Myrna Bell, Louis and Stephanie Bell"

We look forward to helping these students along the way and keeping them motivated as they venture into their education and eventual careers.

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Regards,

Michael Clemons

Founder of YouMeWe NPO

Application 4

Brochure back page

Brochure Cover

Certificate to first recipient. Last name masked.

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Apr 18, 2022
YouMeWe NPO update on Mark Bell Scholarship

By Michael Clemons | Founder

The Mark Bell Scholarship was created when Mark contacted us "Hey Michael, I'd like to send support to one of your projects. Send me some info. please." I gave him a list of many ongoing projects but a new idea for a scholarship. He responded by ming the first donation.

While we are operating in Japan, we also have Collaboratories (Collaboration Laboratories) in the Philippines, Ghana and now Brazil as many of the children in the homes we sponsors are multi-cultural. We do not want them to see themselves as "half" but double as they are double the people with double the cultures.

Currently, the candidates in the Philippines are two young men who finished high school. Both are orphans and we supported them to graduate. They work for us in the Manila office and one wants to apply for attending mechanical engineering and the other tourism. One has over 300,000 followers on social media and often posts about our organization to spread awareness as a Digital Citizen.

In Ghana, we met a teacher online who was drawing Microsoft Word on the chalkboard as his students did not have computers. We friended him on Facebook and since then have been funding the Wifi for the school and our teachers teach online how to make games from scratch.

As there is a high population of Brazilians in Japan, we have also started a project in Brazil with our Brazilian Japanese staff who are also pursuing their degrees as they work with us in Urban and Regional Development.

The scholarships are to help them understand that they are not alone and assist them with getting on with life. In agreement with receiving the scholarships, they will be available throughout the life of their education journey to share their stories and build their networks as they enter the working world.

Thank you very much for your support and we will keep you posted on the journey for these students in the spirit that Mark intended.

Regards,

Michael Perry-Clemons

Founder

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