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The Wysham Scholarships at Kaplani School

Status: Active

Donors: The Wysham siblings, established to honor their parents Donald and Dorothy Wysham

Geographic Scope: Uttarakhand, India (Kaplani School vicinity near Mussoorie in the Himalayan foothills)

Purpose: To assist deserving young women with the cost of tuition and other expenses associated with attendance at Kaplani School

Institution: Kaplani School, run by the Mussoorie Gramin Vikas Samiti (MGVS) in the vicinity of Mussoorie in Uttarakhand, India

Rationale:

  • Timberline Board determined these scholarships further Timberline's purposes, particularly as a counterweight to school attendance patterns in the Garhwal Himalayas

  • In rural Garhwali contexts like Kaplani's, girls tend to truncate their school attendance at lower grade levels than boys

  • Cultural perceptions that middle and high school education is less important for girls
  • Selection Criteria:

  • Primary: Financial need

  • Secondary: Strong character and commitment to others
  • Funding Structure:

  • Donations to the Wysham Fund are placed in a permanently restricted endowment

  • Scholarships are financed from earnings of the endowment

  • Requirement that investments be "socially responsible"

  • Contributions are tax-deductible
  • Background: The Wysham siblings benefited from a remarkable upbringing on the plains of the Punjab and in the Garhwal Himalayas, including outstanding education at Woodstock School

    Application Documents:

  • Formal endowment agreement detailing the Scholarship's mechanisms and donor motivations available upon request
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    womeneducationglobal-health

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