WAAW Impact Story: Vuvu Baveledi

Vuvu Baveledi is a 20-year-old student at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Human Life Sciences and is a 2022 WAAW Foundation ndation Scholar. She is passionate about STEM and is dedicated to helping other young women pursue their dreams in this field.

Vuvu’s interest in STEM began in high school when she was inspired by the TED-Ed YouTube channel. She realized that science was the field for her and began to explore different areas of specialization.

Vuvu is a member of the WAAW Foundation STEM chapter, which she helped to start. The chapter is dedicated to motivating young women to follow their goals and dreams in STEM. Vuvu’s involvement in the chapter has helped her realize that there is more than one way to achieve her career goals. Her motto is “I am able to see what’s before me by standing on the shoulders of giants.” This quote reminds her that she is not alone in her journey and that there are many people who have supported her along the way.

Her advice to aspiring young women interested in pursuing STEM fields is to never give up. There will be times when they may doubt themselves, but they should remember that they are capable of great things. She also encourages them to seek out support from others, such as mentors and peers.

Vuvu is a role model for young women everywhere. She is passionate about STEM and is dedicated to helping others succeed in this field. There are many girls like Vuvu across Africa who needs support to complete their college education, within 3 months; we recorded over 2,000 applications for scholarship.

We want to grant more girls scholarships this cycle, and we can only achieve that if you support us by donating to our Sponsor a Scholarship campaign here. We have more success stories like this, click here to see them and be inspired.