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A scholarship to build exceptional leadership in Africa

The American Friends of Mandela Rhodes Foundation (AFMRF) supports the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, located in Cape Town, South Africa, through Myriad USA. Thanks to the generosity of its supporters, AFMRF has now endowed ten Mandela Rhodes Scholarships in perpetuity through over $8 million in grants to the Mandela Rhodes Foundation. Click here to meet the members of the advisory board.

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Do you want to support the work of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation? You can contribute to our endowment fund to create a scholarship in perpetuity, support a scholarship on an annual basis, or make a general donation to the Foundation. The MRF has donation vehicles in South Africa and America - please get in touch directly to donate from other areas.

Become an endowment partner

Support one or more Mandela Rhodes Scholars each and every year – in perpetuity. These donors receive full recognition for their support through the partnering of our name with theirs in respect of the scholarship(s) they support. Furthermore, they are provided with the opportunity (but not obligation) to develop a relationship with the scholars they support. The capital commitment required to establish a single scholarship per year in perpetuity can be donated over a period of 5 years. Any donor wishing to become an Endowment Partner with the MRF on this basis should contact Operations Director Ernst Gerber directly.

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Support an annually-funded scholarship

Fund the full cost for a single scholar, or number of scholars, on a year-to-year basis. As in the case of Endowment partners, these donors also get similar recognition by the MRF and the opportunity to engage with the scholar(s) they support. Whilst you can make a donation towards scholarships using the details under the "Make a general donation" box, any donor wishing to support one (or more) scholars ‘in full’ should contact our Operations Director Ernst Gerber directly.

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Make a general donation

Donate any amount to support the work of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation. Many of our donors are unable to fund an entire scholarship but still contribute towards the Mandela Rhodes Scholarships and Alumni Programming. We gratefully accept all contributions no matter how small. These are aggregated with other partial donations and, when they are sufficient to fund an additional scholarship we then add a further scholar to the cohort for that year, or fund our additional alumni programming. To donate in this way, please do so via Myriad USA, below.

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A scholarship to build exceptional leadership in Africa

The Scholarship

Meet the scholars

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Become an endowment partner

Support an annually-funded scholarship

Make a general donation

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