Tujenge

03/10/2025

Deadline extended!

Please visit the following link for more info and for the application:

https://scholars.tujenge.org/admission-aid/apply/eligibility/

17/09/2025

The clock is ticking - applications for Tujenge Cohort 10 are due on October 2!

Click the link below, read the requirements carefully, and scroll down for the application!

https://scholars.tujenge.org/admission.../apply/eligibility

31/07/2025

Dear Tujenge friends and family – the new Brad Gasser Memorial Scholarship is up and running. For those who are able to contribute, even a little, all the Brad Gasser Scholars thank you.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-brad-gasser-memorial-scholarship

Also, enjoy this short documentary, featuring many of the Brad Gasser Scholars, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRz05f4beLo

The Brad Gasser Memorial Scholarship (BGMS) is a special fund run by the… Ben Dickensheets needs your support for Support the Brad Gasser Memorial Scholarship

22/07/2025

It's that time of year again! Click the link below, read the requirements carefully, and scroll down for the application to be part of Tujenge Cohort 10!

https://scholars.tujenge.org/admission-aid/apply/eligibility/

10/07/2025

🎓 Applications for the Tujenge Scholars Program, Class of 2027 (Cohort 10) are now open! 📅 Deadline: October 2, 2025, by 5:00 PM 📍 Submit via email, mail, or drop off at our Gihosha office 📄 Be sure to include all required documents — incomplete applications will not be considered 📢 Notification Date: December 10, 2025 🔗 Get the printable or electronically-fillable application form here: https://scholars.tujenge.org/admission-aid/apply/application-process/

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01/08/2024

Beza,

Last week, the Tujenge family lost their beloved teacher and friend, Bradley Gasser. It was a shock to us all, and our hearts are with all his friends and family around the world, especially his parents and family in Ohio.

Brad was much, much more than a teacher who opened minds and encouraged critical thought. He was a great friend to all of his students, and a fierce advocate for them. He taught math, science, and philosophy – and he demanded academic excellence. But he also emphasized the importance of community service and servant leadership, and got everyone to think about what it means to be a good person in the world, and he was incredibly effective at teaching these as well, outside of the classroom. He had a profound understanding of Tujenge’s mission – he embraced it, and he helped to shape it.

Every Tujenge Scholar who knew him was transformed as a scholar and as a person by their relationship with him. He cared deeply for all the Scholars, and was in constant contact with an enormous number of alumni. His intellect, his kindness, his discipline, and his sense of humor enriched our lives and drew us close to him. Tujenge Scholars knew him as a teacher first, then a mentor, and by graduation they knew him as a comrade and ally.

Beza – he really was so proud of you all. He would talk to me all the time about what you were up to, all the achievements you told him about, and he would just gush about how impressed he was. He really, really loved you.

For us Tujenge staff, too, Brad was a loyal friend and advocate. For me personally, Brad and I became very close in a short period of time in 2018. We grew much closer especially over this last year and a half when I came to Bujumbura permanently. I confided in him, and he was always there for me. We talked about everything — life, the universe, and everything. I learned so much from him and I’ll always be grateful for his friendship. He truly was a family member to us.

Brad always included everyone. He thought about everyone, and he was always planning times to get together — to go hiking with students, to cook at the compound with students, to visit staff members and their families, to visit students and their families (even if they lived four hours away), and to spend time outside work and school with those he cared about. Whenever he came back from the U.S., he brought suitcases full of books and beer and other gifts – and nothing for himself. He loved seeing how happy you were, how your eyes would light up, when he showed you what he brought for you.

He always made you feel seen and heard; that your thoughts and feelings mattered. And you did — you mattered to him.

Brad: The loss of someone so uniquely kind, humble, and intelligent is crushing. But we will not forget all that you’ve taught us – about science, about stoicism, about how to critically think about the world, and about how to be a good global citizen. You lived by example, and those lessons are ingrained in us because of that. And I will never forget all that you’ve taught me.

I love you Brad. We will miss you so much. Ashya.

Carol Jean Gallo
Tujenge Scholars Program Director

10/07/2024

It's that time of year again – Applications are open for Tujenge Scholars Program Cohort 9!

The deadline is October 11, 2024.

See this link for more information, and scroll down to apply!

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28/05/2024

Congrats to Breille, Christa Bénitha, and Milka, all Cohort 3, who graduated this month! 🥳 👩🏾‍🎓 Tujenge is proud of you!

18/01/2024

Happy Thursday, Tujenge friends! And happy new year! Please consider making a donation to help us support our alumni studying in Burundi – because everyone deserves access to education. Learn more about what we do at tujenge.org. Thank you so much!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tujenge-opportunity-fund-raise-9439

Help the Tujenge Opportunity Fund Raise $9,439 for Scholars’ … Tujenge Africa Foundation needs your support for Help Tujenge Opportunity Fund raise $9,439!

05/01/2024

Congratulations and good luck to Kevin and Nobel (Cohort 5) and Hollande and Carlène (Cohort 6), who recently arrived in Ghana to begin their studies at Ashesi University! 🎉

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1um-EUOaAa/

30/12/2023

Congrats Jean Trésor Haragakiza!!