A remarkable young woman generously donates her $40,000 Harvard Scholarship Award to her less fortunate peers.
Verda Annan, a young Ghanaian woman enrolled at Harvard University in the United States, has generously donated a $40,000 scholarship she received to her less fortunate peers.
When Verda Annan received the Fully Sponsored Scholarship to attend Harvard University in the United States, she was kind enough to ask that the $40,000 award be distributed to her classmates who are unable to attend Harvard.
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Verda Annan, who took the floor to accept her award, expressed her gratitude for the honor but felt that the scholarship should go to someone who is most in need.
“I know that I am not the one who needs this the most, but I am so very grateful for it,” she remarked. Additionally, it was beneficial to know that my mother attended Community College.
“I know it is such a great honor, but I also know I am not the most in need of it, so I would be so very grateful if the administration would consider giving this excellent scholarship to someone who is going to community college.”
She went on to elaborate on the reasons behind her considerate behavior toward her coworkers. She explained that her acts were motivated by values she had learned from friends, family, and communities in Ghana and overseas when she spoke on Steve Harley’s show in the US.
“My assistant principal’s speech brought back many of the values and principles that I was taught by my mother, my siblings, and my Ghanaian community—values that I still uphold here in America.”
“And we talk about integrity, doing the right thing, kindness, and all these things that are so right, and as I sat there, I knew right away that it was the right thing to do because I had the opportunity to help someone else and there was just no excuse at that point,” she said.
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