Umthombo Youth Development Foundation Bursary 2025
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Location: South Africa
About Umthombo Youth Development Foundation Bursary
The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation is currently accepting applications for 2025 academic year bursaries.
The award is aimed at students who have obtained NSFAS financial support, and need additional top-up funding.
Bursaries will be awarded to students from Umkhanyakude, Zululand and King Cetshwayo districts (KwaZulu-Natal), for studies towards the following Health Science degrees:
- Audiology
- Dentistry
- Dental Therapy
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Physiotherapy
- Radiography: Ultrasonography
- Speech and Language Therapy
The bursary will provide the following support and benefits:
- Top-up of NSFAS allowances and support for costs not covered by NSFAS
- Academic and social mentoring support to assist students address their challenges
- Opportunity to undertake work exposure at a rural hospital to assist student learning and to gain
experience - Participation in Student Lifeskills Workshops that assist with skills needed in life and work
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:
- You must be from the uMkhanyakude/ Zululand/ King Cetshwayo Districts and the catchment areas of the following hospitals: Bethesda, Hlabisa, Manguzi, Mosvold, Mseleni (Umkhanyakude district); Benedictine; Ceza; Itshelejuba; Nkonjeni, Vryheid (Zululand district); Catherine Booth, Ekombe, KwaMagwaza, Mbongolwane, Nkandla (King Cetshwayo district), in KwaZulu-Natal province
- You must be currently in Matric or have completed Matric
- You must be studying or intend on studying towards one of the health science qualifications listed above
- You must have been accepted to study at a recognised public University in South Africa (excluding UNISA)
- You must be entering your 1st or 2nd year of study in 2025, if studying towards a 4-year degree
- You must be entering your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of study in 2025, if studying towards a medical degree
- You must be studying towards your first degree (do not already have a degree or diploma)
- You must be received NSFAS funding or have applied for NSFAS funding for 2025
- You must be prepared to work at one of the above hospitals for at least two years after graduation
- Preference will be given to matriculants
How to apply
Applications must be submitted in either of the following ways:
- Email: Cebile@umthomboyouth.org.za
- Fax: 086 554 1565
DOWNLOAD BURSARY APPLICATION FORM HERE
Note: Late applications will not be considered.
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