{"id":366857,"date":"2017-11-01T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366857"},"modified":"2017-11-01T06:00:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T06:00:46","slug":"fear-despair-disgrace-scholarship-students-abroad-lament-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/fear-despair-disgrace-scholarship-students-abroad-lament-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear, despair, disgrace; scholarship students abroad lament neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the\u00a0world being made more compact by technology, the desperation of some students on government scholarships worldwide is being given a regular voice and wider reach.<\/p>\n
Their dire situation is seemingly compounded by a sense of neglect they feel for what they describe as their humanitarian crisis after being without stipends since the first few months of 2017.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”FgXhNmbpqI5fU9Lq8o2rLVmgQHbJAo4N”]For some of them, it is no longer about being in the right frame of mind for academic work, but finding shelter and food on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
Sending out petitions to media houses and setting up social media accounts to highlight their plight has taken them only so far, with a few retweets and shares slowly being swallowed up by things deemed more important by the Ghanaian public.<\/p>\n
Some of the students, who wished to remain anonymous reached out to citifmonline.com<\/strong> and vented their frustrations, expressed their despair and lamented government\u2019s unconcern.<\/p>\n As a student studying in Morocco noted, the government of the students\u2019 host country takes care of all fees in relation to the university.<\/p>\n \u201cThey [the government of Morocco] are doing their part diligently. We don\u2019t have any problem with them. They are playing their part very well,\u201d the student said.<\/p>\n The scholarship beneficiaries in that country expect $250 dollars a month from the Ghana government for upkeep, and that is the only money they have access to for living expenses, as they are not allowed to work, per their agreement with the Morocco government.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only source of income we have is the money that comes from the government of Ghana, which is $250 a month and $300 for health allowance per year, and then the book allowance. So that is what we rely on and when it doesn\u2019t come, it puts us in this particular situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Since February 2017, this student said no support has come from the government, and it is pushing them to the edge, with some of their colleagues tinkering with depression.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026People are suffering. It is not a joke. We are not trying to exaggerate things. We are just telling the truth. People are suffering, people are [suffering] depression and you don\u2019t know what may happen to a depressed student. You don\u2019t know what they may do to themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n The situation is the same, if not worse, for this student from Russia who said he was recently kicked out of his hostel and is now staying with a friend.<\/p>\n