Scholarship program "Wings to Fly" II

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As part of the FC, the nationwide Wings-to-Fly scholarship program for secondary school students, run by the Kenyan Equity Bank's Equity Group Foundation (EGF), has been co-financed in three phases since 2013, thus creating the conditions for high-performing but particularly disadvantaged young people to lay the foundation for more demanding further vocational training with a high-quality secondary education. In Phase 4 presented here, the focus on vocational training as an alternative to university studies for graduates of the program is to be significantly increased. This opens up the opportunity for German development cooperation to significantly increase the effectiveness and visibility in strengthening vocational training measures in Kenya. The aim of the FC measure is to actively support needy young people with outstanding performance to date through scholarships to attend a high-quality secondary school and (pre-)vocational courses, as well as mentoring, extracurricular events and advice on career choices, thus enabling them to receive a high-quality secondary school education and initial vocational training and strengthening their sense of social responsibility. This is intended to contribute to improving the employment of qualified workers in Kenya. The target group of the FC measure are disadvantaged but high-performing female students and secondary school graduates who want to pursue secondary education or initial vocational training.