{"id":1898,"date":"2022-05-29T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T08:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spbr.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=1898"},"modified":"2022-05-29T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T08:36:02","slug":"scholarship-fund-bumper-year-2021-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/scholarship-fund-bumper-year-2021-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Fund bumper year 2021-22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2021-22 the Sheffield Palestine Women\u2019s Scholarship Fund awarded a record number of scholarships: <strong>75<\/strong> in total! As a result 68 young women in Gaza and 7 young women in the West Bank have been able to study at university this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-Bank-students-2019-20-672x372-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C291\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-Bank-students-2019-20-672x372-1.jpeg?w=672&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-Bank-students-2019-20-672x372-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our loyal supporters made this stunning number of scholarships possible and we thank everyone who has made a donation or fundraised on our behalf. A special thank you goes to all of you who are taking part in <strong>Small Park BIG Run 2022<\/strong>. Half the proceeds from this wonderful, annual event come to the Scholarship Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our students amaze us. They are young women who would not have been able to attend university without a scholarship. They show incredible determination and are highly committed both to their studies and their communities.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Despite how we suffer in Gaza \u2013 as a result of economic hardship, wars, diseases, shortages in medical equipment \u2013 I never lose my passion. I always try to regain my strength and my ability to help myself and others to become the best people that we can be. The Sheffield women&#8217;s scholarship helps me keep my passion, my ability to continue, and my determination to succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/W-Bank-student.jpg?resize=185%2C246\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1899\" width=\"185\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/W-Bank-student.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/W-Bank-student.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/W-Bank-student.jpg?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagham Khalayleh, from the West Bank, who is studying nursing at the University of Hebron, wanted us to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The main reason why I chose nursing was because when I was a little girl my Dad was very sick and I wanted to help him in any way I could and to ease his pain. After he died I started to dream of becoming a nurse so I could help other people and alleviate their suffering.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For me nursing is a noble, humanitarian profession. I hope to complete my undergraduate studies and then practice nursing and I also look forward in the future to helping my family financially. I hope I manage to make my dreams and aspirations come true. And I won\u2019t hesitate, if circumstances allow it, to continue my studies and do a master\u2019s degree in nursing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the Sheffield Palestine Women\u2019s Scholarship Fund see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=157\">http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=157<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021-22 the Sheffield Palestine Women\u2019s Scholarship Fund awarded a record number of scholarships: 75 in total! As a result 68 young women in Gaza and 7 young women in the West Bank have been able to study at university this year. Our loyal supporters made this stunning number of scholarships possible and we thank &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/scholarship-fund-bumper-year-2021-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scholarship Fund bumper year 2021-22&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1898","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1898\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}