By Foday Moriba Conteh
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and support to Government’s Human Capital Development initiative in the country, the Bolloré Transport & Logistics Company has on Wednesday 13th January 2021, dished out scholarships worth Le79, 023,000 to twenty-seven (27) University students who are residents of both the Moa Wharf and Sea Side communities. The awarding ceremony took place at the company’s Queen Elizabeth II Quay office at Cline Town in Freetown.
The 27 beneficiaries were selected from different universities across the country namely Fourah Bay College (FBC), College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS), University of Makeni (UNIMAK), Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), UNITECH etc.
In her address, the Human Resource Manager of Bolloré Transport & Logistics, Claunnda Morgan, disclosed that the company is pleased to assist the students as they pursue their courses, adding that after being in a similar position like them she understands what it means to acquire education in a nation like Sierra Leone. She furthered that the beneficiaries were selected through an interview panel conducted by Bolloré Transport & Logistics among dozens that applied.
She inspired beneficiaries to utilize the opportunity by making sure that they focus on their studies underscoring how education is the key to success. “Education is a process of learning that one goes through in order to become somebody in society,” Claunnda Morgan maintained
She encouraged them to take the opportunity the organization has offered them in order to achieve their dreams and become great people in society who will in return give back to society as they are currently doing.
M’balu Mohamed Bangura, a final year student at Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), who is one of the beneficiaries thanked Bolloré Transport & Logistics for the kind gesture which she graciously said is not only important but very timely in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She noted that her aim is to contribute positively to her community stating how the scholarship would serve as a stepping stone to achieve their dreams. “I pray that your company will yield more fruits for being one of the sponsors of my journey,” she expressed gratitude.
Faud Ali Bangura, who is also one of the beneficiaries and a 3rd-year student of the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) said after applying numerous times he is happy to be among the selected few to be granted the scholarship Bolloré Transport & Logistics.
He disclosed how it had been difficult for him to raise his fees this academic year saying that but with the support from the Freetown Terminal that will take him a long way in pursuing his studies.
