Canon Collins Trust
"Education can mean the difference between a life of grinding poverty and the potential for a full and secure one."
Graça Machel, international stateswoman and
Canon Collins Trust supporter
Southern Africa’s development depends on strong leadership in key fields including health, education, business and water technology. Canon Collins Trust builds the skills and expertise of professionals who will be able to provide this leadership and drive development at community, national and international levels, meeting the challenges of poverty, disease, economic growth and climate change.
Since 1981, Canon Collins Trust has enabled thousands of southern Africans to pursue higher education, and partnered over 30 local organisations to increase educational access for marginalised groups and communities. By focussing on education, the Trust is helping southern Africans to develop home-grown strategies to tackle poverty and promote social justice.
We are increasingly maximising the value of our extensive network of alumni, whose expertise spans a vast range of fields including health, education, development, food security and disaster management to name only a few. It has become clear that providing opportunities for inspiring individuals and organisations to share ideas is one of the most effective ways to generate poverty reduction strategies which are home-grown and which genuinely respond to local need.
We facilitate collaboration between project partners and our alumni, and between alumni working in similar areas, in order that some of the most innovative ideas for promoting growth and equality in southern Africa can be realised. Click here to read about Francis Simui, an alumnus whose project we are supporting in Zambia.
Building leadership and realising potential in southern Africa
Some of the inspiring individuals who will be investing their expertise back into their countries and communities next year:
"The scholarship has given me the opportunity to work with parents of children with disabilities to actively participate in the education of their children. The ultimate goal is to see parents empowered to work cooperatively with educators in the implementation of inclusive education in South Africa." Khaya Tshabalala, studying Inclusive Education at the University of
Cape Town
"Women in my country are far behind, and believe that development work is only for men. If women are empowered at all levels, poverty will be greatly reduced."
Faiza Ahmed, studying Development Studies at the University of East Anglia
"The scholarship gave me an opportunity that I simply wouldn't have afforded and it gave me a chance to gain a much better understanding of Structural Engineering, I am now able to tackle complex projects with ease. I am looking forward to joining the University of Botswana in order to help bridge the gap between the university curriculum and real engineering practice."
Hlomani Enock, studying Structural Engineering at Manchester
