Nine girls and women will be awarded education grants this year after the launch of the 2017 Westpac Women and Girls Education Grants today.
Senior Manager Microfinance and Women’s market Eseta Nadakuitavuki says they have been running the Westpac Women’s Education Grants since 2012 encouraging women and girls to take a positive step towards fulfilling their educational potential.
She says the grants offer financial assistance to help with the cost of school or university.
Nadakutavuki says when a girl or women is educated it also has a positive effect right across her community and the entire country benefit both socially and economically when female population are given access to quality education.
The Primary School category winner from last year Drishika Kumar says she used the fund solely for her education to cater for her stationery and other educational requirements.
Adult category winner Pranita Devi says she is grateful of Westpac for financing her studies for the semester as she was finding difficulties in doing so.
To apply for the 2017 Westpac Women and Girls Education Grants, applicants need to answer essay question telling about a bold female who has improved the lives of women in our country.
