USAID provides scholarships to conflict victims

May 10, 2013

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The US Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has issued five educational scholarships to children affected by conflicts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) earlier this week, says a press release issued on Thursday.
Over the next three years, USAID will provide a total of 1,000 educational scholarships to support conflict victims.
Armed conflict in Pakistan has claimed more than 15,000 lives since 2003, leaving scores of widowed women and orphaned children. To alleviate the impact of the conflicts on communities, USAID, through its three-year $25 million Conflict Victims Support Program is working to provide a wide range of support for individuals, families and communities suffering losses from conflict-related violence.
This support includes educational scholarships to the children who have lost family members to conflicts. “I can now finally have peace of mind. I want my children to have a better life than mine and that can only happen with education,” said the mother of one of the scholarship recipients at a ceremony in Islamabad.
The program will collaborate with Pakistan’s telecom sector to utilise Mobile Financial Services in the disbursement of scholarship funding to conflict victims. “The USAID Conflict Victims Support Program will use this alternative service to reach out to beneficiaries who have limited or no access to banks,” said Adnan Sher, party chief for the USAID-funded program.
“The program will deposit scholarships to the mobile accounts of the students, or their guardians, which will be used to complete their scholarship transaction with the utmost transparency.”

11 COMMENTS

Aqeel ahmad May 11, 2013 at 00:06

I am a orphan chaild .. i am doning sutdy in f.s.c part 2 ..i want scholrship plz help me
sajjadalichang June 15, 2013 at 20:48

iam very poor i want to give scholarship because i want to study in usa
adnan June 15, 2013 at 22:55

i belong to orakzai agency i can not support my univ fees plz cont me 03325409090
- Naveed Yousafzai July 23, 2013 at 21:01
  
  This program is for conflict affected people of KP and FATA, if you conflict victims please call at 0800 26266 Monday – Friday.
M Bilal June 18, 2013 at 16:53

i want scholarship to continue my study in university
Said Muhammad s/o Shah Wali Khan July 21, 2013 at 16:17

I m an orphan citizen of Pakistan.There are alot of problems for me to complete my study.plz accept my request for sholarships.
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Doulat khan July 23, 2013 at 23:20

I have been interviwed for the same conflict support project in IRD office kpk as assistant team leader ppp in june.please let me know who has been selected?
Doulat khan July 23, 2013 at 23:22

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Hidayat July 24, 2013 at 11:17

i belong from Aurakzai Agency and ant to know more how can we do this and from where we can get information
M.Asadullah Khan November 11, 2013 at 13:44

Sir I belong to Swat region.I belong to a very poor family.My father was our only support of income but he died and we deprived of our single income support.I want to continue my further studies but unfortunately i am unable to pay my dues.Please help me.
NISAR UD DIN March 1, 2016 at 10:52

sir I belong from swat my father has been martyr by TTP after has departure the only supporter is my brother for my education he has to support 16 members of the family. i have completed my BS degree i want to proceed further but my coo not support me please help me if you may any ti is a kind request to you.