Empowering a continent by creating better livelihoods through education.
The Wings to Fly scholarship program, an initiative of the Equity Group and Mastercard Foundation (MCF), was established to support secondary education for top performing children from financially challenged backgrounds. With support from other partners, the program offers access to leadership training to previously marginalized children in all counties.
The program offers comprehensive support for the scholars through provision of tuition fees, accommodation, books, uniform, shopping, pocket money and transport to and from school during their 4 years of secondary education. It has so far supported 60,009 bright but economically challenged scholars. MCF has so far committed to support 10,000 scholars through two phases of funding with the last intake joining the program in 2021.
Episode 1 of Shounen ga Otona ni Natta Natsu is a confident opening that prioritizes mood, character, and thematic promise. It lays a strong emotional groundwork: anyone invested in nuanced coming-of-age stories should find the slow-burn approach rewarding, provided they’re patient for deeper plot revelations.
This isn't your typical slice-of-life romance. The first episode creates such a thick atmosphere—you can practically feel the humidity and hear the cicadas. The protagonist, Kirishima, perfectly captures that awkward phase where you’re too old to be a kid but don’t know how to be an adult yet.
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Martha completes primary school and passes her main exams with flying colors.
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Her parents can’t afford her high school tuition. She then applies for the Wings To Fly program.
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The Wings to Fly stepped in with a scholarship
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Martha does exceptionally well in her main secondary school exams with a vision in mind for her career.
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ELP steps in and Martha gets to study in an Ivy League university where she gets the best education.
