Project Report
| Apr 18, 2024
GlobalGiving Report April 2024
By Clare Elwell | Founder and Trustee
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New Trustee, Angeline Ward
We are very pleased to welcome a new trustee to our charity. Angeline Ward has a wealth of experience in international education systems and is currently a Regional Manager at the University of Central Lancashire responsible for recruitment of students from Sub-Saharan Africa. She is passionate about creating awareness of opportunities for African students and brings with her an extensive network of schools contacts across the continent.
Working with many of Angeline’s contacts we have selected a total of ten students for scholarship awards to attend this summer’s London International Youth Science Forum; Monica, Moses, Julia, Muthoni and Annah from Kenya, Memory from Zimbabwe, Ammar and Albert from Tanzania and, adding two new countries, Abhinn from Mauritius and Issac from Liberia. We are working with local partners in each country to secure travel documents for each student and look forward to welcoming them all to London this summer.
In addition to these scholarships to support in person attendance, we have also facilitated online attendance at the Forum for at least eight other students.
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Dec 26, 2023
GlobalGiving Report December 2023
By Clare Elwell | Founder and Trustee
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2023 YoSA students and team
Plans for the 65th London International Youth Science Forum are well underway and a number of high profile speakers have been secured including Nobel Prize Winner Sir Gregory Winter. The Forum will take place between 24th July and 7th August 2024.
We continue to work with multiple partners African partners to expand the reach of our scholarship programme and are undertaking student selection interviews early in 2024. We are also planning to bring an African based trustee on to our board.
Our website has been updated with testimonials from our 2023 scholarship students about their time at the Forum (https://yosa.org.uk/student-testimonials) including
Karen from Kenya: “I enjoyed conversing and forming networks with well accomplished people who were well-versed when it came to offering socio-economic advice as a person of colour stepping into the global ranks, scientific advice in my future endeavors, and even how to take advantage of every last drop of the resources available to me.”
Priscilla from South Africa: “The London International Youth Science Forum was the best thing that ever happened to me. Building relationships with other students from all over the world and learning about their cultures, traditions and learning systems of their countries was the best thing in this Forum and this really supported this year’s LIYSF theme, “SCIENCE FOR UNITY”. The best part is that I have now discovered my career path and I am willing to work hard for it”
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Sep 4, 2023
GlobalGiving Report September 2023
By Clare Elwell | Founder and Trustee
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YoSA students at LIYSF 2023
The 64th London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) took place between 27th July and 9th August 2023. The opening ceremony was attended by Katherine Mathieson Director of the Royal Institution and the keynote address was delivered by Nobel Prize Winner Professor Ben Feringa. We offered nine scholarships for African students to attend the Forum in person. Of these Karen, Brady and Abel attended from Kenya, Nshavo and Priscilla attended from South Africa and Yolanda attended from Zimbabwe. These African students took their place alongside over 400 other global young scientists for two weeks of lectures, debates, visits to science institutions and social and cultural interactions.
Due to a visa issue Kimani from Kenya was unable to travel to London, but he did attend the Forum virtually through the online platform along with over 12 other YoSA funded students from Kenya and Tanzania.
Yolanda wrote about her experiences at the Forum: “The Science Bazaar was extraordinary. It complimented this year’s theme ‘Science for Unity’ because it gathered brilliant young minds from eighty-four different countries who had projects that were focused on solving some of the world’s most notorious problems.”.
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