United Students Achievers Program

About twenty years ago, the United Student Achievers Program was founded in Zimbabwe by an American, Rebecca Zeigler Mano, who married a native. The program identifies disadvantaged high school students of enormous promise and coaches them through applying to top-notch colleges outside of their country and steers them toward futures they never imagined.They provide students with the guidance necessary to apply to foreign colleges and also help with application fees and financial aid forms. Over 400 students have gone abroad to schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, M.I.T., the University of Chicago, Duke, Pomona. Many went on to earn Ph.D.s. Many became physicians. Six won Rhodes scholarships.