cdskenya

 ESSAY COMPETITION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS’ EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP (WAGES) PROJECT


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Table of Contents-

  • ·         What is CDS KENYA?
  • ·        About the competition
  • ·        How to enter?
  • ·        Awards for the winners
  • ·        Rules and Regulations
  • ·        Eligibility

 

CDS KENYA  


              

Community Development and Sustainability Organization (CDS) is concerned with good governance and advocacy. CDS represents the voice and proactive action of communities in five counties as potential engines of the socio-economic growth and national democracy in respective jurisdictions.

CDS was formed in June 2009. Out of the need to replicate community development, CDS started out as a CBO registered in 2010 with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development in Mt. Elgon (Certificate No.3466). The CBO was changed to NGO in 2012 and is registered in the NGO Coordination Board under Certificate No. OP 218/051/12-0839/8736.

About the competition

CDS is a membership organization with members across the region and focuses on tackling the community challenges people face on a day-to-day basis, providing structure and unity. About the competition CDS (Community Development and Sustainability Organization) Kenya is organizing an essay competition with the help of UN online volunteers about the WAGES Project which aimed to provide scholarships for 60 women. The competition is part of our fundraising program for the project and each participant is equally extending their support for the cause by registering with us. You can learn more about the work of the organization through

https://www.cdskenya.org/index.html


How to enter?

 Essays must distinctly encompass the themes described below:

 We are calling for essays that will reflect on gender inequality of the Kenyan population concerning education and how cultural practices influenced this inequality. The motivation of the respective essays should be driven by a collective stance on the generic idea of the issues faced by the Kenyan population, problems of education inequality within the gender and its customs. However, we will not condone any writing which entails condescending remark to the indigenous culture of the community and such submissions will be rejected instantly. We would like to honor the essay which strictly adheres to the theme; the heterogeneous lives led by the people, the ebb and flow of the modern educational development in the region highlighting gender inequality, social norms, and customs which hypothetically or practically bolster or expunge gender equality and its impact along with suggestive solutions. Please research the related information online or any other reliable sources to formulate your writing before submission

 

Awards

  •   1st prize- 120$ with certificate
  •    2nd prize- 100$ with certificate
  •    3rd prize- 70$ with certificate

 Participation certificate will be awarded for all the participants.

Rules and regulations:


i.                 The fee for the contest is 5$.

ii.               There are two payment gateways (PayPal account/ GoFundMe) for the registration. All amounts will proceed to our cause.

iii.            Essay must be entirely the work of the writer; we will not accept entry with multiple authorship.

iv.              All work submitted must be related to the Kenyan population and  the issue of its gender inequality for education.

v.                 All work submitted must not be published elsewhere either in  printed or digital publications except for personal blogs or any individual social media platform.

vi.             Title and body must be in Times New Roman and the size of the body should be 16 pt. with double spacing.

vii.           Entries should be entirely anonymous; they should not be highlighted anywhere within the essay or in the file name of the work doc/docx/pdf. Personal information (Name, age, address, email, and phone number) should be attached to the body of the email.

viii.       The entries will be strictly scrutinized to check the authenticity of the work.

ix.             The deadline for entries is midnight (Kenya time) on 20th September 2021. Entries received after this deadline will not be considered.

x.                Simultaneous submissions cannot be accepted.

xi.             All work must be submitted via the official e-mail of CDS Kenya  (competition@cdskenya.org) with attached receipt of the payment.

xii.           The organizers reserve the right to showcase a selection of entries     (not just the winning entry) on our official website     https://www.cdskenya.org/index.html. These entries would be presented as a showcase for the WAGES project.

xiii.        The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any entry if it has reasonable ground to believe that the entrants breached the above r     rules. 

Eligibility


 i. Participants must be 16 years or above.

 ii. Maximum word limit is 1500 excluding the title.

 iii. Essays must be submitted as doc/docx /pdf files, up to 2MB. No other file types will be accepted. 

iv. All entries must be written in English.

 v. Translations are not eligible.

                                               
Help us by donating

Paypal account number:cdskenyawebsite@gmail.com
(1).Name of the account: Community Development And Sustainability.
(2). Account No.01134783719900.
(3). Bank Name: Co-operative Bank.
(4). Branch-Bungoma.
(5). Swift/BIC code: KCOOKENA.
(6). Sort Code:089300.

(7). Bank address -p. O box 1964-postal code:50200.
(8). Recipient contact:+254720744827
(9). Full address for CDS Kenya. P. O box 27-50201-Cheptais,Kenya
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