{{Eight young women from around Rwanda have won scholarships to top U.S. Universities, including Harvard University.}}
The winners include; Ange Sandrine Uwisanze,Bonnette Ishimwe,Chartine Iraguha,Grace Mutavu,Jocelyn Mizero,Nicole Mugeni and Yvonne Musiime.
Open A Door, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping talented young women from Rwanda gain access to university scholarship opportunities in the US, and then return home to become agents of change in Rwanda, organized another competition this year to get more future young women leaders into their program.
The program involved conducting a thorough interview process to find the best and brightest young women.
Candidates were nominated from as well as other organizations. After selecting this year’s group, Open A Door provides them with SAT and TOEFL training and preparation classes and then matches them with US mentors who help them navigate the college application and financial aid process.
Mentors also negotiated scholarships and will provide emotional support when the students are in the US.
The US Embassy provided additional services as well as access to more TOEFL, SAT and other college application materials.
Each student continues to have access to additional material on studying the US through free membership to the Information Resource Center located in the US Embassy.
Open A Door will be accepting its fourth class of Rwandan women into the program for the 2015 school year.
Interested students can contact Open A Door through their website www.openadoorfoundation.org or through the US Embassy Information Resource Center.
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