Hi everyone, I just came across this scholarship for the family of anyone who entered Canada as a Temporary Foreign Worker..
Migrant Workers Scholarship Opportunity: $500 scholarships to support the education of migrant workers' families
Brief Description:
The UFCW is offering 20 educational scholarships of $500 each to the relatives of migrant workers working in Canada. Nominess must be between the ages of 4-25, can live in any country, and must be enrolled or plan to enroll in an educational program. Applications are due December 31, 2013.
Summary:
Migration and the hope of providing a better future for our children have always gone hand in hand. As Canada's leading and most progressive union, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Canada understands the importance of education. As such, we are offering 20 scholarships for the children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews of migrant workers.
Each scholarship is in the amount of $500 CDN. Since 2010, UFCW Canada’s Migrant Workers Scholarships have generated over 13,000 applications from around the globe and produced 25 extraordinary recipients.
Application Deadline:
December 31, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Only those accepted to receive the scholarships will be notified via registered mail or email by May 31, 2014.
Scholarship Criteria:
Only those persons who entered Canada to work under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program such as a live-in caregiver, a seasonal agriculture worker, or a temporary foreign worker in any industry (“the Applicant”) are eligible to apply. An Applicant can nominate his/ her children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews.
The Nominee Child may be living in any country, can be of any nationality, must be between 4-25 years of age, and must be attending or hoping to attend an educational institution.
http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=277&lang=en (ENGLISH)
http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=321&lang=en (TAGALOG)
