Youths from Isiolo have a reason to smile as they are set to benefit from scholarships for technical courses.
This is after the county government of Isiolo entered into a partnership with Direct-Aid Africa Muslim Agency.
Isiolo County Governor Abdi Ibrahim held a meeting with the agency on Friday where they deliberated on various areas of partnership to address challenges facing the county.
As a result of the meeting, 50 youths will be getting full scholarships to pursue courses in medicine, engineering and education fields.
Speaking to the Star, Governor Guyo said that cost will be shared 50-50 between his administration and the agency.
Direct-Aid Africa Muslim Agency will pay 50 percent of the cost, while Isiolo County will cater for the remaining 50 percent to ensure that the selected students complete their respective courses without any hitches.
“The move is aimed at ensuring that the county has competent local personnel to provide quality service delivery in all parts of the vast county instead of always sourcing for the human resources from other areas of the country whenever the need arises,” Guyo said.
The Governor also stated that it was agreed that the agency will partner in other areas starting with drought response interventions through the provision of relief food to support families hard hit, and drilling of boreholes in strategic locations to help address the big challenge of water shortage in many parts of the county.
Guyo expressed his gratitude to Direct Aid Africa Muslim Agency for their commitment to making a huge contribution, especially towards education, and pledged to closely work with them in order to enrol more students to pursue various courses.
He revealed that he was a beneficiary of the agency that paid his school fees while growing up.
“I’m living proof and a product of the Direct Aid Africa Muslim Agency. It is a great privilege that youths from my home county will also get the same benefits,” Guyo said.