Mekila's story does not fit into what I have conceptualised as "love letters". Mekila got the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship while he was rounding up the second year of his bachelor's in Cameroon. it was the first scholarship he ever applied for. Throughout the conversation I had with him, I kept asking myself "What is the chance that I can base all my scholarship applications on asking google questions like "google, how do I make a killer academic CV, or google how do I write a killer SOP" because that was exactly what mekila did.
I am not sure if that is what you are looking for here. but Mekila has an interesting backstory I encourage everyone to listen to, in the hope that you will find this story as inspiring as I found it.
Love letters is a podcast series about scholarship rejections and attempts. Beyond scholarships, it tells a more foundational story of ambition, dreams, and the stuff of success.
13 Oct 2022
Love Letters Chapter 2: Badi'u
Badi’u graduated with a CGPA of 3.95 out of 5 from the university and spent two years building a scholarship-worthy CV. He took us through his journey of little dreams from his countryside home, the many “We are sorry to inform you” letters, and how he got a fully funded Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to study in Europe.
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5 Oct 2022
Love letters Chapter 1: Ngunan
What do you do with a third-class degree and a big ambition to study a master’s in International Law at a top university Uk? You are about to find out!
From losing her dad at a very tender age; to self-funding her way through university despite all odds, the chaos was stockpiled against Ngunan.
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29 Sept 2022
Trailer - Love Letters (A japa story)
A year ago, I got two fully funded prestigious scholarships to study abroad (a MasterCard scholarship to study at the University of Edinburgh and an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to study in France, Germany, and Portugal) with a CGPA of 3.95, no IELTS and no scientific publications.
I’ve had people contact me to tell me they applied for the same scholarships. That they have first class, IELTS, and publications. I’ve also reviewed many applications seeking scholarships and heard stories of frustrations and people wanting to give up at a few trials.
I know we tell many success stories on social media, but only very few people tell their backstories. I love backstories because it helps me understand how people get to the point I admire.
I know you’ve got a lot of resources out there about the processes involved in getting scholarships. Maybe what you don’t have enough of is BACKSTORIES.
Backstories are what we must love because they tell us that beyond the very things we aspire for lies many trials, attempts, failures, and the desire not to give up. And that not everyone has life cut out for them in 1,2,3 steps.
So on this first anniversary of my scholarship pursuit, I made a production of a series of scholars I’ve found their stories genuinely inspiring. You will likely find one of these stories resonates with your experience, and I hope you will draw inspiration from it.
Love letters is a podcast series about scholarship rejections and attempts. Beyond scholarships, it tells a more foundational story of ambition, dreams, and the stuff of success. The first episode comes out in 6 days!
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30 Dec 2020
No Promised Land
What does it look like searching for a promised land away from home as a trafficked migrant?
27 Aug 2020
Mental Health Intervention in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Nigeria.
By YEMISI OJO Investigations have shown that people don’t just become terrorist overnight. The root cause might as well not just be about ideology. From the several investigations, issues relating to family fractures, what was happening in school and in their personally lives, discriminations, and even yearning for revenge have come out as deeply rooted issues for why people engage in terrorism. This is a bitter truth we are not willing to accept. I mean […]
5 Aug 2020
Kumasuun’s Rape Story
By YEMISI OJO We know what rape victims go through. Unfortunately, we know too well because as much as we hate to know, the victims are our friends, our sisters, our children or our mothers. Sometimes, they are us. What we don’t know however is, what exactly lies in the mind of the rapist? I mean what are they thinking? Revenge, pleasure, a show of power or just drunkenness? What exactly is in the mind […]
5 Aug 2020
World Refugee Day: How to Love in War
As the world celebrates World Refugee Day 2020, We share the stories of two refugees who are championing the rights of Refugees in Africa: Aisha Bakari Gombi of Nigeria, and Evariste Mfaume of D R Congo.
15 Jun 2020
Shange-vya: The Ahmadu’s Story
Rural education system in Nigeria and the personal stories of interventions.
5 Jun 2020
Filigreed Blood
Blessing Iorhuna was heavily pregnant when the farmer-herder crisis in her village started. She told us her story of survival, and how she lost her husband and son during this process.
28 May 2020
Another One Gone
This children day episode of made of chaos explore the story of Doowese, a war child who went missing at the IDP camp.
18 May 2020
Tribute to Nigeria Soldiers
By YEMISI OJO I have heard stories of soldiers who died in warfare, and so far, I have come close to just one of them or a relative of one. She was in class that day, writing her exams, and the news came that her brother had been gunned down between the borders of Nassarawa and Benue state while fighting the herdsmen. What else should be her reaction? And she lost it. She is a […]
18 May 2020
Dear War Child,
exactly a year mr Stephen started running from one place to the other because of the farmer herder crisis in Benue state and Nassarawa, I went visiting him at the Internally Displaced Camp in Daodu. And we had a chat.
17 May 2020
Service To Fatherland Or Just Being A Scapegoat?
By YEMISI OJO The National Youth Service scheme is a compulsory one year national service undergraduates in Nigeria perform after school. This service is done mostly away from where they call home. In this episode, I and some corps members shared our experiences of serving in Benue state in the heat of the herder-farmer crisis and how that experience changed our lives forever.I hope you enjoy listening to this. Here is an excerpt to the […]
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