Please read this page thoroughly. It tells you how to apply to Ahdaf.

To apply for financial support, you must fill out the application form. When you download the form, please re-name it using your own name (in English). Forms should be completed in Arabic and sent to applications@ahdaf.org.uk.

Please complete it with as much information as possible and e-mail it to us. Do not leave any questions unanswered.

You must fill out the entire application form. Incomplete forms will be rejected.

If you have any questions or would like to ask questions about any part of the process, please email us.

Guidance

Please consider the following as you complete your application. Those that tend to do well when reviewed are ones that:

• 1. have a strong community project proposal which is well researched and thought out
  2. come from applicants in serious financial difficulty
  3. come from students who have done well at school
  4. are from young people who have not yet enrolled on a course

Voluntary project

We want you to think about the types of activities you can do with no cost other than your time and enthusiasm. Strong projects should encourage partnership and relationship-building in your local community. What will make a difference where you live?

Some students have clearly thought very hard about how they can effect change in their communities and we have had some excellent submissions over the years. Here are some ideas we’ve had in the past:

• • establishing a local library
  • teaching English at a UN school
  • helping establish a needlework group
  • producing youth group video diaries
  • providing computer coaching to children or re-training adults with new skills
  • setting up a sports team
  • a Nakba history project
  • local land use documentation projects
  • working with disabled people
  • setting up youth theatre programmes
  • running play sessions in orphanages
  • helping to restore historic buildings
  • running adult literacy groups
  • planting a public garden
  • Finally, there are some factors that may not help an application:
  • you have already started university
  • you are studying medicine or a course that takes longer than four years
  • your family has regular income
  • your family is able to pay for brothers and sisters to go to university

Please note, Ahdaf does not provide financial support for students who have already gained a degree.

Read more from students already working with Ahdaf.