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Iʼve raised £10,723 to #MadeintheManor Get Iranga to Columbia University
- East London
- Funded on Monday, 8th June 2020
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Hi I’m Iranga Tcheko,
I’ve been accepted into a Masters program at Columbia University studying International and World History.
As has become a depressing norm with ever decreasing funding to higher education, my initial excitement was short lived when I realised that, as things stand, I will be priced out of going.
I have gotten to where I am with the support and mentorship of my communities. I know people can’t get anywhere alone. I have been awarded a 50% tuition fee waiver by Columbia, and need your support to raise the remaining £45, 000 in SIX WEEKS (inclusive of crowdfunding fees) or risk losing my place.
Raised amidst the war that devasted Congo and growing up in Newham, East London, I know too well that hard work, talent and aptitude are never enough. I agonised over the idea of crowdfunding, wondering how I could sum up the very real barriers I’ve faced throughout life in a way that didn’t repackage my trauma for consumption. However, too often people like me are forced to accept these injustices as “just the way life is”.
Now, a helping hand from you will be the difference between thriving and failing.
Being working class is expensive. Our socio-economic backgrounds can cost us lifechanging opportunities, time and time again we miss out.
This time, I don’t want to miss out. With your support I won’t have to. You can't eat potential until it’s realised. With your help my potential can be nurtured and used to empower me and countless others.
I have overcome a lot to get to where I am today, necessity has pushed me to make a lot out of very little.
I studied History and Politics at Warwick University, help found Warwick Africa Summit debated in the House of Lords and mentored children in Nepal, Kenya and the UK. I use every opportunity I get to pour into and support others.
Although I have achieved a lot, I know that there is so much more impact I will be able to make by taking my education to the highest level.
With your help I can get to Columbia University where I will focus on histories that have been regulated to the margins of academia and how digital media can be a positive force in understanding people, fighting inequalities and changing the status quo in order to confront the local and global issues that affect underprivileged communities.
Your helping hand will make a world of difference.
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- 4 years ago
Iranga Tcheko
4 years agoWE DID IT! Thank you all for having my back and believing in me. A very generous donation was made offline and I will be going to Columbia. I couldn't have done it without you ALL.
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Alice Haworth-Booth
Jun 7, 2020
£20.00
Heather MacRae
Jun 6, 2020
Good luck with your campaign - fromEveryone at the Ideas Foundation
£40.00
Katharina
Jun 6, 2020
Good luck!
£20.00
Stacy
Jun 5, 2020
It’s not much buts it’s what I have Good luck go and take over the world black queen ❤️
£5.00
Anonymous
Jun 5, 2020
You got this!
£5.00
Anonymous
Jun 5, 2020
£5.00
Anonymous
Jun 5, 2020
£10.00
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Iranga Tcheko
East London
Hi all, Thank you for checkin out my JustGiving page and helping me with the mammoth task of raising £45,000 in SIX WEEKS (end of June). Please donate and tell a friend to tell a friend. Wishing you all the best, Iranga