Scholarship to aid rural health work
Rural WomenNew Zealand (RWNZ) and Access Community Health are offering a scholarship of $3000 to a health worker who wishes to further their studies in the health and/or disability fields.
“We want to encourage people to pursue studies in health professions, and to miss out on doing so due to financial reasons would be a real shame,” said RWNZ national president, Fiona Gower.
“We are delighted to partner with Access Community Health to award the scholarship.
The scholarship is to recognise the importance in having trained health professionals wanting to work in rural sector, ensuring better health outcomes for our rural communities.
“Access Community Health is very proud of their longstanding relationshipwith Rural WomenNew Zealand, and once againwe are delighted to be a sponsor of the RWNZ/ Access Community Health Scholarship in 2018,” said Access Community Health chief executive officer, Simon Lipscombe.
“We are very pleased for last year’s successful applicant Roberta Kaio, and we hope the scholarship awarded helps the recipient further their ongoing learning journey,” Mr Lipscombe said.
“RWNZ and Access Community Health look forward to reviewing the applicants— applications for the scholarship close Sunday, July 1, application forms can be downloaded off our website,” Ms Gower said.