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Economics student plans to help young girls to pursue higher education

  • Writer: mary sanichas
    mary sanichas
  • Oct 11, 2024
  • 2 min read

Updated: 6 days ago


"The scholarship from Education Congo really helped me because my parents had financial difficulties… and I'd had to stop my studies. To be helped by people I didn't even know taught me a lot of things—and when I can, I too will try to help people like you have. I thank you not only for myself but for the other scholarship recipients."

Education Congo scholarship recipient Rose Bolia Mbita expressed heartfelt thanks to some of our board members during their visit to Congo in June 2024.


Rose is in her 2nd year at UPC's economic sciences department. Upon graduating she plans to work first in Kinshasa, but eventually plans to return home to Equateur Province to help people start small businesses there, where this help is badly needed. Her other goal is to create a foundation to support the education of young girls in Equateur.


56% of the 9,658 students at Université Protestante au Congo were women in 2024 


If you would like to support scholarships for women at UPC, consider donating to one of Education Congo's named funds designated for women:


  • Sue Cardwell Fund—designated for women students from Bolenge Province or Equateur Province who are preparing for careers in teaching

  • Jain-Goel Fund—designated for women medical school students at UPC

  • Sanichas IT Fund—designated for women computer science students at UPC

  • Sanichas Law Fund—designated for women law school students at UPC

  • Jack & Linda Spencer Fund—designated for women medical school students at UPC


To donate to a named fund, click the donate button above, choose "Named funds" to go to our secure donation site, then scroll to choose your preferred named fund.


To donate by check, write the name of the fund on the memo line of the check and mail to Education Congo, 2216 Elgin Road, Winston-Salem, NC  27103 USA.


If you are taking distributions from your IRA, you might consider making a direct donation from your account to Education Congo. The distribution amount that is paid directly to Education Congo would not be taxable to you and could save you some income tax dollars. Please talk to your financial and/or tax advisors on how to best make this kind of donation. (If you go this route, be sure to notify us with details.)

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