Category: Scholarship program

Celebrating another year of Watipa

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A poem by Aldo Sanga, Watipa Scholar 2016, Tanzania

Two zero one six,
A dream was envisioned,
WATIPA to be born in UK,
Today, we celebrate you, WATIPA.

A little girl dream-WATIPA,
True hope the meaning,
WATIPA reached Malawi,
Today, we celebrate you, WATIPA.

Two zero one six,
WATIPA launched scholarships,
Visioned youth for community,
Today, we celebrate you, WATIPA.

Youth as the agents,
The community to Change,
Visioned with community projects,
Today, we celebrate you, WATIPA.

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Happy International Women’s Day: Meet an inspiring medical student from Malawi, Tiyamike Peace Malungo

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Today we celebrate the inspiriting and strong women around the world, and those that support us…

Meet Tiyamike Malungo from Malawi, a Watipa scholar, who was honoured in the Dean’s List last year (2019) for her hard work and excellent scholarship in medicine. Congratulations Tiyamike!

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Tiyamike Peace Malungo, Watipa Scholar and medical student, Malawi

I am Tiyamike Peace Malungo currently in my final year of Medical school and a proud Watipa scholar since 2017.

My vision is to see my community being able to freely access quality health services. That is my greatest motivation and the reason I chose medicine and why I do it passionately.

I recently have been recognized by the Dean of Medicine as one of the best performers in my class in the last academic year (2018-2019). This is one of the new developments put in place by the Dean of Students as a way of encouraging students to do more in their academics. Continue reading “Happy International Women’s Day: Meet an inspiring medical student from Malawi, Tiyamike Peace Malungo” →