- AiduMakers can award the scholarship to the student they believe in most. The scholarship is named after the AiduMaker (f.e. "Frank-Smith-Scholarship")
- Aiducation International has chapters on three continents.
- Aiducation International spends more than 90% of all scholarship donations directly on education.
- Aiducation International was founded in 2006. Today, Aiducation International is run by volunteers (called Aiducators) with chapters in Germany, Kenya, UK, USA, and Switzerland.
2006:
AI started as an NGO startup with roots in Kenya. In February 2006, members of the Kenyan civil society founded the organization- Pwani Education Welfare Association (PEWA), which soon became Aiducation International Kenya.
2007:
AI Schweiz was founded in September 2007. In the same month and thanks to the first AiduMakers, Aiducation was able to award the first two scholarships to poor but high performing students.
2008:
The first "Mentorship Academy" took place in Kenya. During the event, scholars meet to network, learn from guest speakers as well as from each other, and participate in workshops on how to make their country a better place.
2009:
Chapters were opened in Germany and Singapore. The indirect impact of the scholars of Aiducation International became visible for the first time as one of the scholars organized fundraising events against a famine in northern Kenya. [1]
Since its inception, Aiducation has provided more than 300 Kenyan students with scholarships. [2]
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