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2015 scholarships awarded
2015 – 17 school scholarship girls Haneen, Wala and Taima are the latest Dar El Tifl girls to be awarded DSMT school scholarships. All have challenging family circumstances that threatened their chances of completing their schooling to age 18. These scholarships will enable them to do this, and to access qualifications to improve their future […]
Read moreChevening Scholarship award
In 2015 Tamara Halasi, 2007-2012 DSMT HE scholarship student, was awarded a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholarship to study for a Masters in Biomedical Engineering in 2015-16 at the University of Surrey. These scholarships are aimed at young people with evident leadership qualities and competition for them is very tough. Applicants come from over […]
Read moreHigh achieving school leavers
The three 2013-15 school scholarship girls who all studied in the scientific stream have done exceptionally well through 11th and 12th grade with school averages always above 90. All three achieved exceptional results in the national Tawjihi exams in summer 2015. Hanan scored 92.4%, Aseel, 96.3% and Bara’a 97.1%. Bara’a and Aseel are planning to […]
Read moreSecurity for the future
2015 has been the Trust’s tenth anniversary year. To mark this we set out to raise £50,000 to establish a fund to secure school and higher education scholarships for the next five years as a continuation of our very successful collaboration with the Dar el Tifl Girls School in East Jerusalem. As a result of […]
Read moreSupporters barn dance
For the second year in a row DSMT supporters on the Isle of Wight held a barn dance raising almost £1,000 for the Trust. This included an auction prize offered by Suzanne (pictured left) to cook a Middle Eastern themed meal for eight people. Service was provided on the night from Suzanne’s friends Rebecca, Kelly […]
Read moreMidsummer’s Day Concert
Birmingham-based Jo Hindley learned about DSMT’s work from her friend Reyahn King, a long-term DSMT supporter. When Jo was planning a charity Midsummer Concert in summer 2015 she choose DSMT along with MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) as beneficiaries. Many thanks to Jo for including DSMT and for displaying publicity about our work to spread […]
Read moreHala graduates
Hala Liddawieh – 2011 HE scholarship student Congratulations to DSMT’s second graduate! Hala graduated from Birzeit University with a degree in English and Business in July 2015. “Dear Donors, I am delighted to inform you that this is the final end of year report as I have finished my education and graduated this semester. I […]
Read moreBelsize Baroque’ gives concert in support of DSMT
On a chilly night in November 2014, lovers of baroque music, including DSMT supporters and members of the general public enjoyed a delightful evening at the Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street. Under the direction of maestro Adrian Butterfield, baroque orchestra Belsize Baroque, assisted by student trumpeters from the Guildhall School of Music gave an animated […]
Read moreAdded value
DSMT Scholarships aim to give ‘added value’ Our HE scholarships encourage girls to undertake voluntary work and to build up a work experience portfolio. Palestine has one of the lowest rates of female participation in the labour market in the world and we hope this might give them a competitive edge in the job market […]
Read moreDSMT HE 2014 scholarship
In July 2014, five aspiring former pupils of the Dar El Tifl School in East Jerusalem applied for this year’s DSMT HE scholarship. The award pays all fees for a four year under-graduate degree at a Palestinian university. All the applicants had scored highly in the school leaving Tawjihi exams this summer and all were […]
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