{"id":8653,"date":"2024-09-09T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/?page_id=8653"},"modified":"2024-09-09T17:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T14:18:50","slug":"mfs_program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/mfs_program\/","title":{"rendered":"Mkapa Fellows Scholarship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8653\" class=\"elementor elementor-8653\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-201a667 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"201a667\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a86ddec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a86ddec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 11-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mkapa Fellows Scholarship Program (MFSP)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8920689 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8920689\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5910ded3\" data-id=\"5910ded3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7400eaf6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7400eaf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The program aims to produce competent nurse-midwives to deliver high-quality healthcare services in Tanzania.\nThe program is funded by the National Bank of Commerce (NBC).\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1744f08b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1744f08b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 11-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) 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The scholarship will support 100 pre-service candidates from underprivileged and rural communities to pursue a one-year diploma program in Nursing and Midwifery at public training institutions. In its first year, the program supported 50 nurses from the Morogoro region, and in its second year, it will support 50 more nurses from the Mwanza region.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8551540 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_heading\" data-id=\"8551540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title second_font\">Area of Implementation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title \">Currently, the program is actively implemented across all 8 Local Government Authorities in the Morogoro Region. 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