ISFAP agrees to cover 70% of the tuition fees for 3 deserving, disadvantaged students

by | Feb 9, 2022 | Campaign, Featured | 0 comments

The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP), is a South African non-profit company that assists students from less privileged backgrounds. 

The organisation, which is a positive public-private partnership, intersecting the government and the private sector, teams up with students to address issues of post-qualification employment and finding decent work.

ISFAP has generously agreed to give three students an opportunity to follow their university dreams, by covering 70% of their tuition fees, granted they are able to crowdfund the remaining 30% through their respective campaigns on BackaBuddy.

To qualify for the sponsorship, applicants have to be South African citizens and come from families whose annual income is between R0 – R600 000.00 per annum. 

Since the launch of their campaigns, the students have raised a combined total of over 54 0000 with support from 29 donors both locally and internationally.

“This support will enable these students to acquire a broad set of knowledge, skills and character traits that will significantly improve their meaningful participation in the growth of the country, including the economy, human development, leadership, ethical behaviour and broad citizenship. The intention is to advance equal opportunity and equitable income distribution for all South Africans,” says ISFAP

Meet the candidates 

Omolemo Tlomatsane 

Omolemo Tlomatsane (22), from Limpopo, Eastern Cape, is a first-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand. 

“I always wanted to know how buildings can move and not collapse? How can such tall buildings stand for many years and not fall? I was inquisitive in such a way that one day I looked at a flat for almost the whole day, trying to see it move. I started to fall in love with buildings, and even now when I walk around the streets of Johannesburg, I always look at the flats’ height, pattern, and architecture to see how they might be constructed to be well balanced.” – says Omolemo.

Having lost his parents at a very young age, his grandparents shortly afterwards, and being separated from his siblings, Omolemo has been left to care for himself at home.

Omolemo has raised R1 100 towards his fundraising goal of R45 000.

Support Omolemo on BackaBuddy – Support his campaign via Snapscan

Sailin Nimalin Vadivelu

Sailin Nimalin Vadivelu, from Durban, is a first-year medical student pursuing a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBChB) at the University of Pretoria. 

“​​My passion for medicine has stemmed from an early age and was a childhood dream, as I saw the need to give back to the community,” says Sailin.

He has always been a star student who dreams of becoming a Cardiothoracic Surgeon one day, but due to the financial strain caused by the pandemic, his family has been unable to pay for his intuition which will hinder him from completing his studies.

Sailin has raised R38 000  towards his fundraising goal of R45 000.

Support Sailin on BackaBuddy – Support his campaign via Snapscan

Nsuku Raphela

Nsuku Raphela (20), from Polokwane is a third-year student, currently enrolled for a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pretoria.

“My mission in this borrowed life is to attain the MBChB degree and become a qualified medical physician to help the community by saving lives and improving the quality of life in the future. I will do this by applying effort and hard work towards my studies and forming educational relations, unselfishness, peace, honesty, integrity, morals and collaboration for the benefit of everyone,” says Nsuku.

Coming from a home of a widowed single parent and three siblings, Nsuku has kept his dream of becoming a qualified medical physician to help the community alive.

Nsuku has raised R14 000 towards his fundraising goal of R45 000.

Support to Nsuku via BackaBuddy – Donate Via Snapscan

 

More about ISFAP

The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) was established in an effort to assist students with the costs of studying at Higher Education Institutions.

It aims to assist poor and ‘missing’ middle-income university students in selected fields of study to afford the university fees by means of providing financial aid provided the candidate meets certain prescribed requirements.

For more information, visit their website: https://www.isfap.org.za/

 

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South Africa’s leading crowdfunding platform, BackaBuddy has supported more than 10 000+ individuals and charities in setting up fundraising campaigns for medical fees, tuition and various causes in South Africa. The platform has thus far raised over R300 Million.