https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/460/all en https://www.capacityplus.org/we-have-done-it-before-we-are-doing-it-now <div class="field field-type-text field-field-htmltitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>“We Have Done It Before, We Are Doing It Now, and We Will Do It Again”: Capacity<em>Plus </em>Awards Scholarships to Midwifery Students</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><img alt="Pius Emmanuel Uwamanua " src="/files/Pius.jpg" align="left" height="150" hspace="10" width="131" />“We have done it before, we are doing it now, and we will do it again,” announced <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/samuel-jacob-ngobua">Samuel Ngobua</a>, chief of party for <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/nigeria">Capacity<em>Plus</em>/Nigeria</a>, during a scholarship award ceremony on August 13. The event marked the second scholarship award—this time to 1,200 midwifery students from 54 schools in 30 states!<br /><br />The scholarship scheme is one of the interventions <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/">Capacity<em>Plus</em></a> is implementing to address low production of quality midwives and community health workers in Nigeria. A baseline assessment in September 2012 showed that financial difficulties caused a high number of students to drop out of their programs while other students pulled out until they had funds to continue. In February 2013, Capacity<em>Plus</em> awarded the first scholarships to <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/nigeria-scholarships">874 students</a> in their final year of studying to become midwives and community health extension workers in two states, Edo and Benue. </p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Pius Emmanuel Uwamanua </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">August 2013</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/we-have-done-it-before-we-are-doing-it-now" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://www.capacityplus.org/we-have-done-it-before-we-are-doing-it-now#comments Health Workers Nigeria Pius Emmanuel Uwamanua Preservice Education Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:27:15 +0000 Carol Bales 1083 at https://www.capacityplus.org