Tabung KIF

Scholarships have been the core of enabling scholars from B40 families to afford tertiary education, and that is what KIF (Knowledge is Free) scholarship is about: leveraging the power of the scholars crowd to fund potential B40 scholars to university!

The sources of KIF scholarship are primarily public donations (primarily scholars under scholarships), government grants, and corporate sponsorships. However, during this period of the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ProjectEd's operations have been severely affected, shining the light on ProjectEd financial dependencies on external entities to bring impact to the higher education sector. Moreover, with the skyrocketing costs of tertiary education, the growth rate of funding has not kept up, leaving a gap of potential scholars without a scholarship (a golden opportunity to grow and shine under tertiary education) waiting to be filled.

KIF Scholarship has been up and running since the year 2018, and we are extremely proud of our 13 KIF scholars who have pulled through challenging circumstances and made it to university! Keeping financial sustainability in mind for all of ProjectEd’s decisions, we have decided to pivot from KIF Scholarship to Tabung KIF, our new student loan programme aiming to alleviate tertiary scholars’ financial challenges along with training programmes and opportunities for our scholars to shine brightest among the stars!

Tabung KIF started with a simple vision:-

To build up a financial cycle where scholars constantly give back to the foundation to continue funding the future scholars. For scholars, by scholars.

My biggest achievement this year was being a part of instagram takeover of Closing The Gap and shared about my previous journey as an A-Level student to inspire my beloved juniors. In conjunction with this achievement, I would like to politely request my peers to donate any amount of money to close the education inequality gap with me for ProjectEd. For my close relatives/friends, your contribution to this would definitely brighten up my day and keep me going!

Sedikit-sedikit lama-lama jadi bukit, with the collective effort of my friends and family, I wish our small yet significant effort can bring us one step closer to education equity in Malaysia.

#ForScholarsByScholars