English Access Microscholarship Program

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The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi announces an open competition to equip bright, talented, economically deserving students to learn English, develop civic engagement and leadership skills and gain multicultural awareness through teaching the basis of American culture and vales. Project Based and task based approaches should be employed in order to help learners us English to understand and work on authentic local and global challenges. The English language component should break from traditional models to deliver a more meaningful, interactive language learning experience centered on the learner.  Project-based and experiential approaches should be employed in order to help the learner use English to understand, discuss, and resolve authentic local and global challenges.  Enhancement and off-site immersion activities should help extend the language learning experience beyond the classroom walls. Access classrooms should serve as strong educational models for a community.  Programs should, where possible, aim at sharing new and relevant practices with English teachers in other schools, especially those from which the Access students are chosen. Other members of the community, including interested administrators, content teachers, and future educators studying at nearby universities, can also be included in outreach efforts.  The participants’ parents should also be made aware of what and how the students are learning, and appraised of what they can do at home to encourage their children to learn more effectively.  Civic outreach activities should further cement the connection between the Access program and community. Providers can submit proposals of varying size with a minimum of $50,000 USD and a maximum of $130,000 USD, depending on the Provider’s capability, infrastructure, and geographic spread.  The grantee should work with students in Kwale County. U.S. Embassy Nairobi reserves the right to split the project between two or more providers and may request providers to adjust their final proposals and budgets as necessary.  All possible costs – instruction, books/materials, transportation, enhancement activities, administration, food and possible accommodation for intensive sessions – should be covered.  Please see the budget section below for more information on these items. The project supports the Embassy’s strategic goal of sustaining Kenyan economy to achieve rapid economic growth.  Program proposals should include using U.S. exchange program alumni, and the target region is Kwale County.  Ideal partners include Educational Institutions, non-profit organizations that use innovative methods to reach to economically disadvantaged youths in this region.

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