By Can Eminoğlu | 8 July 2022
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That DAFI-Salariesprogram offers refugees the opportunity to complete a course of study, further their skills and knowledgetodevelop, and therefore one important contribution to social cohesion in their Gcommunities afford to. Ghufran is a DAFI scholarship holder in Turkey.
Ghufran remembers the day, as they in Turkey has arrived. if 14 year old teenagers sah at first glance everything different and new. At that time was her greatest desire, her schooleducationto be able to lead. “Challenges there was right from the start,” she recalls. “But I am not come so fara now to give up.”
Ghufran was born in Syria in 1998, her family comes from Idlib. After she fled to Turkey in 2012 is, she was enrolled in a school nearby. Coming from a family of engineers, she decided to follow the same path as her father and uncle: “I wanted to be the first female become an engineer in my family. That was my motivation.“
The DAFI program provides refugeein the opportunity in her Arecordingcountry orin case of return, a bachelor’s degree in her home countryato graduate. The program is implemented by UNHCR in the respective countries, often in cooperation with Partners from the education sector, employees of the academic institutions and employees of the Ministry of Education and the German Embassy.
Despite the difficult economic situation of her family in the first year after the escape went Ghufran continue to school. It has always been her goal an oner university to to study. During the preparation for the entrance exams at her school in Hatay her teachers informed her about the DAFI scholarship program. She thought that this was a great one Chance and submitted her application: “After an interview, I was accepted into the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering Tekirdag Namik Kemal University accepted. I was also informed that I qualified for a DAFI scholarship. That was an unforgettable moment.”
Ghufran had one good Start ins university life in Tekirdag. Despite the distance to her family, she likes the city very much. Since she is from Professorinside and professors is surrounded the she support, can she herself good on her studies focus. This friendly environment has contributed to her academic success and helped her become one of the best students in her field. “When I’m feeling stressed during exam periods, I remind myself that I’m going to be the first female engineer in my family,” she says. “Which gives me strength.”
The DAFI grant has in Ghufrans life achieves much. In the course of the annual training courses of the DAFI program, she not only accepts the different Workshops part, among other thingsm Thema Career development, but also makes contacts With fellow students who also one DAFIhave received a scholarship. She can earn her own living and does not need any additional support your family. Thanks to the scholarship, she can even take part in language courses and improve her English skills. With her plan for a advanced (master) studies to enroll, she considers English to be indispensable.
That Scholarship opens refugeesn better Opportunities for employment and thus helps them to build a secure future. Since 1992 the program has more than 21.500 enables young refugees to go to university.
Ghufran is well on the way to her Pplan to realize. She still hopes this Year to complete their studies, after she has already completed her compulsory internship. In the Hopethe first To become the female engineer of the family, she has a clear vision: a life lang lharvest find inspiration, get ahead. This is thanks to the DAFI program and Germany’s support for Ghufran and refugees worldwide possible.
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