CB BureauTwo students from Christel House, Bengaluru, and one student from Community Development Centre, Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, have been awarded the Adobe Youth Voices scholarship.
The Adobe Youth Voices scholarship is granted to 25 students chosen from across the world every year. Under this scholarship, the winners are entitled to receive monetary educational support of up to $2,000 per annum for further studies. Scholarships are based on financial need, academic and overall performance, and potential of an individual.
The Adobe Youth Voices programme aims to build up young people’s creative confidence and to promote the ability to harness creative skills to solve problems through digital storytelling. This programme prepares the youth to develop original multimedia artwork that highlights issues they care about, identifies solutions, and fosters critical creative skills and a passion to make a difference. The programme has been developed to support the next generation of creative thinkers and advance the future careers of those who create.
One of the beneficiaries of this scholarship, Suresh, is the son of a plumber and his mother is battling tuberculosis. Suresh is 19 years old and has been an active member of the Adobe Youth Voices programme for six years. Today he is able to continue his studies in computer science engineering at Srinivas Institute of Technology in Mangaluru with the financial aid of the Adobe Youth Voices scholarship.
‘Ever since I can remember, creating and designing has been my dream. I now aim to make it a reality. The ability to be different, to experiment with new things, to explore new avenues, to have the joy of actually being able to see my ideas being implemented and to unleash my creativity, are some of the reasons that draw me towards engineering. This has been reinforced after being a part of the programme as it encourages one to be adventurous and learn without boundaries. It was impossible for me to get a good education due to financial constraints. I am thankful to Christel House for the mentoring provided to me and Adobe Foundation for the generous educational aid,’ says Suresh.
Moinuddin Shariff is the other student who got selected from Christel House. Moinuddin is a first-generation student. Both his parents are uneducated and their joint monthly income barely meets their basic needs. Moinuddin says, ‘My ambition is to become a software engineer. I know that computers and technology are the way ahead in today’s world. I am fascinated by the possibilities one can explore. The opportunities provided by Adobe have helped me pursue the study of my interest.’