"Hope of Intellectual Transformation in Africa"

This post is a request to everyone who reads it for ideas. Does anyone know of a charity or other organization or resource that could help a South African student finish his education? Please help me network and re-post this on your blog or ask those around you for ideas. Any help in this endeavor would be greatly appreciated.

Some of you may remember a post I wrote a while ago called "Sheltered". It was about a man named Michael who has become a dear friend. My last post about him was my expression of shock over his relation of life as a Black Man in South Africa, and the extraordinary ways in which he has overcome his circumstances. He has an amazing disposition and outlook on life. He has worked so hard and sacrificed so much to get where he is. He funded his first College diploma using all the money he earned while working at a vegetable market and surviving on rotten or damaged vegetables given to him by his employer. He and his wife had to leave their two children 6 and 2 with family in order to come out for his studies in England. At times they were surviving on one slice of bread per day. Yet they never complained, and I didn't even know about the extreme difficulties they endured until months afterward when they had finally come out of them.

In 2007, he was recognized by the Nelson Mandela Foundation as a promising teacher and scholar. As the Headmaster of the school where he works, this extraordinary man is an example both to the students of his school as well as many others around him. He is trying to show his children, his students and his community that education is a priority and the catalyst for change. He is now and will continue to make significant contributions to the African educational system. He is in his second year of a Post Graduate Degree in Education and has run into trouble with funding. He has had to put his degree on hold. He wrote me an email requesting help in researching potential resources in the U.S. that could assist him in finishing his degree. I've been looking, but everything I seem to find is designed for students studying here in the States.

So again, if you know of any avenues that I can look into that might be able to help him, please let me know.

I recommend following the link at the top, to my other post and reading more about Michael.

**Note: He does not qualify for the Perpetual Education Fund.