Stellenbosch Rotary Club

Stellenbosch Rotaract Club invites interested students to apply for the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for the period 2011-2012  to study abroad.The grant provides support in excess of  $20,000 to students studying degrees with a strong humanitarian focus including Basic Education, economic and community development or sustainable agriculture. Interested students can send applications to Dirk Kotze from the local Stellenbosch Rotary Club.

The application form can be downloaded here.
For more information on the application process, visit the Rotary International website.

More about the Ambassadorial Scholarship

“Ambassadorial Scholarships, The Rotary Foundation’s oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, more than 40,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is one of the world’s largest privately funded international scholarships programs. Nearly 700 scholarships were awarded for study in 2009-10. Through grants totaling approximately US$16.2 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 80 nations.

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors academic year scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

Generous contributions from Rotarians worldwide represent a continued faith that today’s Ambassadorial Scholars will be tomorrow’s community and world leaders.”

Hi Stellenbosch Rotary and Rotaract,

I’m just writing to say thank you for the warm wishes for our Haven of Hope Fundraiser, and to let you know it was a great success! We raised R 8,000 for Haven of Hope to buy a soundproof partition, and it was a great night.

I’m including some photos: The first photo is of my Rotary club president Bob and two other members showing the Zulu love letter pins I gave them during my speech about Stellenbosch at one of our Rotary meetings.

The next photo shows me, 2 of my sisters and some of the African dancers we had for the fundraising event.

Best wishes,
Sue

This year Stellenbosch Rotary Club is hosting two incoming Ambassadorial students. Sue Cairnie, from Canada, who arrived in January and is studying Sociology has become a stalwart member of our Rotaract club and has taken responsibility for a number of local community projects. More recently David Edwards, from the USA, has arrived. David will be pursuing medical studies at the Tygerberg campus of the University of Stellenbosch. We look forward to his contributions to our club.

2008/9 saw Stellenbosch Rotary club heavily involved in the excellent international Ambassadorial Student programme. We are proud to announce that our nominee, Lizette Greyling, a University of Stellenbosch honours student in physiotherapy for the disabled, has been selected to represent Rotary District 9350 as the outgoing District 2009 Ambassadorial student.

Lizette will be pursing her studies at the University of Victoria in Vancouver Island, Canada, as from September 2009. In the interim she has become a valued member of the Rotaract club and a regular participant in all Rotary events and functions. Lizette is currently developing proposals for our club on practical ways to provide support for physically challenged members of the Stellenbosch communities, with a goal to raising matching grant funds while she is overseas to grow these projects on her return.