The commitment chain
We don't just give a scholarship: we spark a cycle. Every student you fund today commits to funding another tomorrow.
The commitment chain
+39 49 real graduates. Each one started with a scholarship; many already fund the next.
- 1
You ignite the chain
€20/month · ~€1,200 funds a full year of study.
- 2
A talented student studies
They get into university. Without the scholarship, they couldn't have.
- 3
Graduates and works
They become a professional. Their talent is no longer wasted.
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Funds the next one
Now they fund another student's scholarship. It's not a loan: it's a relay.
…and the cycle starts again
A favour you don't pay back: you pay it forward
The idea is simple and powerful. As in the film Pay It Forward, whoever receives help doesn't return it to the giver but passes it forward to someone new. So a single scholarship doesn't help one person: it sets off a current of solidarity that never stops.
AUDE was born from the collaboration between a group of founders in Spain and the Archdiocese of Kigali, with a clear goal: that no brilliant young person in Rwanda is left out of university for lack of means.
“Africa's problem is not a lack of food, medicine or money. The problem is a lack of development. And one of the fundamental paths to Africa's development is university education. Africa needs engineers, doctors, teachers, thinkers, technicians. No country in the world has developed without trained people.”
Father Gaétan Kabasha
How it works
We fund those who can't pay
We select talented Rwandan students without resources and fund their university degree in their own country (average cost: ~€1,200/year).
The student makes a commitment
In return, they commit to passing the help on to a new student as soon as they start working. It's not a debt: it's a relay.
We manage the scholarship fund
We raise funds for a scholarship pool managed with dual oversight from Madrid and Kigali, tracking each student.
What are we doing in the richer countries to change the situation in the poorer ones? […] Perhaps, at a global level, we should work harder to promote greater justice, equality and the development of these African countries, so that they do not need to emigrate to other countries.
AUDE's ten principles
The fundamental principles and lines of action that have guided the association since it was founded.
- AUDE supports African students without resources to complete a university degree in their own country. That is our only goal, and we devote all our efforts and resources to it.
- AUDE was founded by a group of lay people with previous experience in university education in Africa. It funds its goal through its members' fees and began its work in Rwanda. Its founders are not-for-profit and pursue the long-term, integral development of Africa with visible results.
- AUDE is fully transparent in its activities and finances, and gives its members information about the impact of their support and how the association works.
- Members can find out, through the association, the academic progress of the student who receives their contribution.
- AUDE issues certificates for the contributions made, for the corresponding tax deductions.
- AUDE does not accept donations in kind and only receives contributions by transfer to its bank account or through the other methods shown on its website.
- All personal data is processed in accordance with data protection law.
- AUDE's campaigns guarantee respect for the dignity of the people it helps.
- When volunteers are needed, precise information will be given about the scope and content of the projects and the profile sought.
- To guarantee AUDE's independence and the continuity of its work, members commit to contributing regularly for at least the four years a university degree lasts.
Become a link in the chain
With €20/month, together with other members, you fund an entire university degree in Rwanda. And you deduct up to 80% on your Spanish income tax.