Scholarship Student Update June 2009 - International School Moshi

SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT GRADUATESMhula Ngassa heads to UBCMhula Ngassa was awarded the “International Leaders of TomorrowAward” at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver,Canada. He will join fellow ISM scholarship studentsDaniel Mundeva, (’08), who won the same full four-yearscholarship last year, and Leonard John, (’06), who got theaward in 2007.“Amazing,” is how Mhula, 22, describes this turn of eventsafter the disappointment of not getting a scholarship in 2008.“When I got that scholarship I thought, maybe that wasmeant to be like that last year, when I didn’t get it. Maybe Iwas meant to go to the same school as my friend, the shortfellow, Daniel.”The “International Leaders of Tomorrow Award” is given tothe person who shows leadership skills in their community.For Mhula, at ISM, that included being the student representativeto the board of directors and a member of the studentboarding council. Back home he volunteered as a teacher at asecondary school. At UBC, Mhula will study applied sciencewith his sights on chemical engineering. Last summer heworked for Barrack as a student mining engineer, learninghow mining, chemical and mechanical engineers each applytheir skills in the field.J U N E , 2 0 0 9“When I got thatscholarship Ithought, maybe itwas meant to belike that last year.… Maybe I wasmeant to go to thesame school as myfriend, the shortfellow, Daniel.”