Kusuma Trust Gibraltar Annual Report 2010 - 2011 (790 KB)
Welcome to Kusuma Trust Gibraltar
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Kusuma Trust Gibraltar offers discretionary awards to promote the study of medicine, technology, engineering and business related studies at the 'top ten' universities. In an addition to these one discretionary scholarship for exceptional candidates exists for the performing/fine arts and one for sports excellence. 2012 will see the introduction of one annual Kusuma Excellence scholarship for studies in Humanities and competition for this is expected to be very high.
UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE IN UK AND US
The KUSUMA EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP (Gibraltar) scheme seeks to inspire top students to aim to reach the top of their academic game. Kusuma hopes that its scholars will become “Ambassadors of Excellence” in Gibraltar and inspire their fellow students to aim higher and achieve more. Kusuma has pledged £1,000,000 to the project.
APPLICATIONS OPEN ONLINE FROM MAY 1st 2012
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Community Projects
Kusuma aims to foster a culture of learning and innovation. It also seeks to support smaller partner organisations in building their fund raising capacity. In Gibraltar these include Women in Need, the Down’s Syndrome Support Group, Calpe House and a wide range of organisations aimed at bringing assistance and new opportunities to specific groups of people.
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Capital projects for Gibraltar
Detailed discussions have been held with the Gibraltar Government authorities to identify projects that will be of benefit to the community and which work well with or enhance areas
also identified as positive and in demand. One example already completed is the Europa Point project where the Kusuma Promenade along the cliff edge has been completed .
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GLOBAL XCHANGE
In order to facilitate volunteering for Gibraltar individuals, Kusuma has teamed up with VSO the world leader in international volunteering with over 50 years of experience. Global Xchange is a joint partnership between VSO and The British Council, it is a six-month exchange programme that is committed in supporting communities from around the world by bringing young people together and giving them the opportunity to experience volunteering. During the programme they will develop new skills and perspectives, live and work with people from other cultures and gain some valuable experience in understanding community development and global issues.
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ADDISS VISIT GIBRALTAR
ADDISS is the UK's national ADHD charity with 20 years experience supporting families and professionals working with adults and children with ADHD. With our help, ADHD Gibraltar have been able to host a succession of events presented by ADDISS to promote awareness of ADHD. These include session for professionals, awareness information sessions and behavioural course '1-2-3 Magic' which offers effective parenting solutions for children with challenging behaviour.
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Kusuma Trust Gibraltar is committed to facilitate the growth and
development of local charities. One of our aims is to provide excellent
training opportunities.