Education & Young People Community & Social Justice 2023
Ashinaga Association in the UK

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022–23

Ashinaga UK is part of the global Ashinaga Africa Initiative, which recruits high-potential orphaned youth across 49 African countries and supports them through international university degrees and leadership training. Their 2022–23 report covers 159 current scholars across the UK, Japan, France, Brazil and USA, with all 2022 graduates securing employment or further study. Scholar stories include a biomedical student from Sierra Leone who electrified his village and founded a non-profit, and a mining engineer from Benin sponsoring 100+ primary school students.

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International university scholarships for orphaned African youth, leadership development programme, tsudoi annual gathering, university partnership programmes, Rise and L'Oréal grant management, alumni support in Africa

📊Key Metrics

£557,000+ secured in 2022–23, including £438,000 from university partners Key Metric 1
159 current AAI scholars globally; 79 graduates by March 2023; 16 alumni active on the ground in Africa Key Metric 2
88% of scholars at a top 500 university (THE); 67% achieved a 2:1 or higher; 33% achieved a First Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • All 2022 graduates secured employment or full scholarships for further study, including one Commonwealth Scholarship at University of Sussex
  • Scholar from Sierra Leone provided electricity access to 80% of his village and founded Young Africans Alliance Academy supporting 300+ school dropouts
  • Partnerships secured with Rise (Schmidt Futures/Rhodes Trust) for Ashinaga Uganda and L'Oréal for girls' education in Senegal; leadership programme delivered at University of Bristol for third consecutive year

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