Educating Individuals Possibilities for Homesteads
and Communities
JTJ Education Scholarship is a leadership and innovation investment, targeting a small group of beneficiaries.
The scholarship is founded on the premise: that investment in educated leaders and efforts to stimulate innovativeness, within the context of an integrated community and/or homesteads, will in time strengthen the individual and his/her homestead/s and community's ability to access opportunities, sustain quality of life and enhance environmental commitment .
The first scholarship was awarded, in 2005, to: Paul Nkoma from Mfuwe, Zambia. He retains this scholarship in 2006. A second mini-scholarship was awarded to Mateyo Junior who demonstrated an inclination towards agricultural production. Unlike Paul's financial investment Mateyo Junior receives seeds and other inputs to complement his steady agricultural interest. Mateyo Junior also resides in Zambia. Both scholarships move beyond individual investment and hopes for community/homestead upliftment in the future, to encompass their current homestead contexts. Investments are made to both homesteads on a regular basis. In 2006 mosquito nets will be delivered to both homesteads.
In South Africa the c2cAfrica market access project is also underway. This project primarily targets rural women but is also considerate of urban women as well as male beneficiaries. Skills and knowledge transfer sessions and online resources receive financial support from JTJ Education funds. For further information: http://www.c2cafrica.net
JTJ Community Investment works within a dense and diverse field of non-profit, government and corporate social investment initiatives. Defining its niche this investment has looked towards adding value and maximizing input to outputs within the context of a private investment. For example, the Norman Carr inspired Kapani School Project beneficiaries are also located within the Mfuwe, Zambia community. The Kapani project did not initially invest in higher (secondary and tertiary as well as skills) education. Recently a teacher's education was funded. JTJ's homestead/community investment model and focus on leadership and innovativeness, whilst sharing broad objectives, falls outside the scope of the Kapani project. It does, however, we believe, complement the Kapani project.
Consistent with its other investments, JTJ emphasizes relationships and achieving quality outputs that can achieve sustainable objectives. These investments also strive to significantly contribute to less tangible objectives such as dignity; strengthening social bonds; increasing awareness and commitment to the environment.