Katharine “Kit” Merriman and the 12 Unite Scholars “Kit Girls” who have been sponsored by her scholarship fund.

Katharine “Kit” Merriman and the 12 Unite Scholars “Kit Girls” who have been sponsored by her scholarship fund.

Kit Merriman, mother of Unite Founder & Director Anne Wells and Board Member Kim Merriman, passed away November 21, 2019, after a long and valiant battle against metastatic breast cancer. Kit was a big fan and supporter of work in Tanzania, and she had a heart for educating girls in need.

In Kit’s name a Scholarship Fund for Girls was created to enable highly talented-yet-impoverished girls admission into our competitive Unite Scholars & Mentorship Program. From that fund, 12 girls were chosen and supported for two years to complete their A-Levels (higher secondary education). The “Kit Girls” graduate from the Unite Scholars & Mentorship Program on July 2, 2022.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ONE-YEAR-LATER KIT GIRL REPORT.

Kit’s kind, loving and generous spirit lives on!

Asante sana. Thank you!