King Charles has made a significant personal contribution to initiate a new scholarship programme aimed at benefiting students across the Commonwealth.
The newly established King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme (KCFP) will be managed by the Association of Commonwealth Universities. This initiative focuses on three key groups within Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS): undergraduate students, doctoral candidates, and mid-career professionals. The scholarships are designed to support individuals working towards creating short, medium, and long-term positive impacts in their communities.
The KCFP has three primary objectives: enhancing climate resilience, building capacity in education, health, and engineering sectors, and strengthening public services by developing the skills of those working within them.
Throughout his adult life, King Charles has championed various organisations dedicated to education and skill development, such as The King’s Trust, which empowers local communities.
Expressing his enthusiasm for the new project, King Charles highlighted the transformative potential of education. He stated, "Throughout my life, I have believed in the power of education to improve lives and unite communities across the Commonwealth and beyond. There is so much we can learn from one another as we work together within the Commonwealth to tackle the major challenges of our age and, as these Fellowships do in Small Island Developing States, to address them where they are felt most acutely." Photo by Dan Marsh, Wikimedia commons.
