Uganda’s best endowed and most coveted source of scholarships, the Madhvani Foundation, just held the 5th annual general meeting of the Alumni Association earlier this week.

Every year do 150 deserving students, out of thousands of applicants, get a share of the 650 million Uganda Shillings the foundation sets aside to provide part and full scholarships for students taking courses in engineering, sciences and of course notably tourism management, hospitality management and environmental studies.

Speaking at the AGM did Mrs. Magona Anne, a board member on the Madhvani Foundation Scholarship committee, encourage all the beneficiaries of the foundation to emulate the generosity that has been extended to them by the foundation to others when she said to the audience: ‘It is important that those that have benefited from the foundation give back to it to enable even more disadvantaged Ugandan students to get a chance of finishing their education and achieving their dreams like you have’. Mrs. Magona appreciated the Alumni Association members for their contribution to the fund and encouraged them to commit 10% of their monthly salaries for their first year in employment to enable the Foundation reach out even more.

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