Our next four Uyisenga Scholars have been announced! For more information, please refer to this page.

The Uyisenga Scholarship covers an annual $700 tuition. Please help us sponsor these students by making a donation! In the future we will be working with Orphans of Rwanda (ORI), which has a full program providing additional benefits to orphans.

Recently, Discover Worlds has been extending its efforts to target issues worldwide. We are happy to announce that a Kolkata chapter has been formed that will be working with street children and raising awareness on poverty in India. The founders of this chapter are Class 11 students Madhumita Chatterjee and Ria Banerjee.

Join The Uyisenga Scholars team and help make a difference in the life of students in the Rwandan area as a Director of Program Management:

I. Education and Experience

• Acquiring High School Diploma or Acquiring College Degree
• Proficiency in Microsoft Products (Excel a plus!)
• Have experience in the field of community service

II. Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Must have strong organizational, management skills; must be able to multi-task
• Excellent communications skills: oral and written
• Must be able to adapt quickly to our computer software databases
• Good writing skills

III. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Planning/Organizational Management

• Plan, develop and administrative financial, strategic, business, and fundraising planning
• Plan, coordinate volunteer events/activities
• Plan, develop, and administrate our volunteer program
• Plan, create fundraising goals to help raise money for program
• Write weekly grants to small businesses
• Create monthly brochures, newsletters, professional letters to distribute information about our organization
• Direct certain projects by Director
• Plan, develop, and research education statistics
• Create long-term program goals
• Create Program Evaluations monthly
• Update incoming/outgoing budget in database
• Create 360 degree Evaluations for company
• Keep regular and accurate records of volunteer work sessions by timely input into the journaling database

Industry: Non-Profit

Hours: 20 hours a week

Pay: Volunteer Service

Note: Duties may be changed or added.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send cover letter and résumé to: <amarron@discoverworlds.org>.

We are pleased to announce our first three Uyisenga Scholars! Their biographies can be found here.

They have demonstrated exceptional commitment to make a difference in the orphan community they are from and through academics and leadership. The Uyisenga Scholarship covers tuition, healthcare, book, and housing fees, as well as computer and language training. In addition, there is a monthly stipend for basic goods.

These three scholars were chosen through the Orphans of Rwanda (ORI) program.

Last month, Anjali Bhatia was honored with the Citizen Diplomacy award. Photos of the award ceremony are now available. In the photos are justices, senators, various various people connected to diplomacy and public affairs, and, of course, Anjali and family.

Anjali has also given several interviews regarding the occasion, including one with Voice of America available here with audio versions in various languages.