Congratulations again to our new class of WMF Scholars! We are so happy to welcome you to the Wells Mountain Family Foundation family. The summer has been wonderfully busy and productive. Keep reading for more updates… Summer Trip Scores in Haiti WMF president, Tom Wells traveled to Haiti in July to visit the Kenscoff YMCA, […]
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Announcing the new WMF Scholars!
Exciting news! The new scholarship students, set to start September 2009, have been selected, and they are truly a promising group of students. We are particularly thrilled by how our program has grown in size and reach. Notably, four of our students will be studying in Uganda, marking the first time we’ll be empowering students […]
Hello from Senegal and Haiti
Marianne Ndiaye, Senegal My name is Marianne and I am a Wells Mountain Foundation Scholar. I am from Senegal. This is the first time I am writing on this blog. I don’t know if many are in the same situation, but I have classes on the weekend. This is professional training and allows me to […]
In their own words (Part II)
Iddrisu: Most people think angels are some kind of flying creatures in the super-natural world living high up the skies. Even though I share similar sentiment, I also believe that there are even more angels living right here on earth. These are people who touch lives and makes difference in the life of others. I […]
In their own words (Part I)…
The WMF team has done an excellent job keeping and updating official biographies on each of our talented scholarship students. However, I wanted them to share, in their own words, the issues and thoughts that are most personal and important to them – their dreams. I started with questions like: What do you want to […]
Scholarship Student Updates
Blog Updates from our Scholarship Students Coming Soon We are currently supporting 25 scholarship students in 4 countries. This past year I have had a chance to meet all but one of them. Soon you will be able to read updates from our scholarship students on this blog- learn more about their everyday life, […]
West Africa Recap
From November 21 through December 2, 2008, WMF Board of Directors Jordyn Wells and Katherine Cheng traveled to and around Senegal, Mali, and Ghana to visit recent and former scholarship students. First stop…Dakar, Senegal. (In Katherine’s words…) We kicked off the Senegal leg of our trip with a lovely group dinner that included the 16 […]
