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Review for Educational Pathways International, Incline Village, NV, USA
Educational Pathways International has made a palpable difference in the lives of many young people in Ghana. I saw this in person when one of the recipients of an EPI scholarship visited California recently after studying in the US for a year in an Elon University study abroad program. This individual was overflowing in his gratitude for the support that EPI had provided him in Ghana, and it was obvious that this support changed his life prospects. He also expressed a determination to make a difference himself in his country. EPI focuses on very capable young people in dire need of financial support to complete a university education. These are the very people that Ghana needs to insure a future for the country. EPI goes to significant lengths to build expectations on the part of recipients that they are expected - and indeed are chosen on this basis - to have a commitment to helping build a future for Ghana as well as for themselves individually. It appears that EPI is succeeding on both goals. The organization is expanding its educational mission into the area of preparation for leadership, so that the students they support learn how to make a difference and expand their aspirations to do so.
EPI is well run and well financed for its purposes, due to the generosity of its founders, and is very deserving of the widespread support that it enjoys in both Ghana and the US.
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How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
Life-changing
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Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
Review for Educational Pathways International, Incline Village, NV, USA
EPI is a very well run nonprofit devoted to providing scholarships to very worthy needy young people in Ghana so that they can attend university. The organization uses a thoughtful process for identifying gifted students and provides sufficient reseources to them so that they can fulfill their aspirations as well as become part of the cohort of the population on which the country depends for its future success. The founders have been very focused on increasing the effectiveness of the organization through their time and resources, and have gone so far as to create and fund a position in Ghana to further the work of EPI. Over just a few years, they have made the EPI scholarships widely known within the two major universities in Ghana, assisted a large number of very capable students, and made their scholarships a highly sought and presitigious form of recognition. Given the poverty of the society, I think it is fair to say that the EPI scholarships have had a life-changing impact on many your people in Ghana.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization beyond what is required of board members?
Definitely
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
Life-changing
Will you tell others about this organization?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
