Summary of the Event
The event kicked off at 7am GMT with a morning yoga video performed by Adriene.The Virtual Symposium hosted over 25 renowned sustainability leaders, environmentalists, researchers, specialists on health, botanic conservation, resource management sustainable agriculture and building from around the world. Speaker such as Jeffrey Sachs, Adenike Akinsemolu, Marc Rosen, amongst others share their insights on our path towards sustainable development.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lois Afua O. Damptey is a passionate STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) advocate and doctoral researcher of Engineering & Innovation at Open University, UK.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Chibuike Jigo is a Communication Strategist Intern at The Green Institute. He holds a B.Sc. in Zoology and Environmental Biology from University of Nigeria Nsukka.
Q & A (SELECTED)
Chibuike Jigo: What role should the government of developing countries play to effectively assist indigenous students in order to be able to secure scholarship?
Lois Afua Okyerewaa Damptey: One of the key role is being able to set out a very well developed plan or strategy in a terms that should be partnering with developed countries of which the SDGs have set out clearly an SDGs for quality education. Creating this environment enables empowerment of our local people or indigenes to be able to study in developed countries.
Another is that they need to create an enabling environment for them to come back to impact the knowledge they have studied out there. All these can be done by creating centre of Excellencies just like what the Green Institute is doing.
Christopher Oghenekevwe: How do we manage information overload when applying for scholarship?
Lois Afua Okyerewa Damptey: One of those things that really worked for me was creating a Microsoft excel, writing the scholarships based on the earliest deadline and the document that is required of me, opening them portal by portal and then putting them down. So scan every documents that is needed like the essays and the things you need to upload and start your application now. Always start it because there are some that the requirements come up portal by portals. Also write along the line where you are and is required of you, keep an inventory specifically for your scholarship portals so that you don’t miss the deadlines.
Quotes
“one of the things you should know when applying for scholarships is that you should never give up”
FURTHER READING
Gen Tenade & Kelly Tanade. (2020). How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay: 30 Essays That Won Over $3 Million in Scholarships. Supercollege, Llc. 3rd edition.