Celebrated Gospel singer Mercy Chinwo and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, have provided full scholarship to 100 undergraduates of the College of Calabar (UNICAL) via the MercyIsBlessed Basis
The couple introduced the gesture earlier than a crowd of elated college students throughout their tour of the College in Calabar, Cross River State on Friday, July 12, 2024.
The scholarship entails full cost of college charges and different compliments that foster stability in studying for indigent however deservingly vibrant college students of the college.
Whereas the scholarship is with quick impact, the standards for choice and different modalities to shortlist eligible candidates could be communicated via applicable channels.
The philanthropic gesture by the couple wasn’t the primary this yr. In April, Mercy Chinwo and Blessed Uzochikwa awarded scholarships to 50 undergraduates on the College of Port Harcourt on behalf of their ‘MercyBlessed Basis’ and their son, Charis.
For Mercy Chinwo, the ‘You Do This One’ crooner, the scholarship is a token of giveback to a society that raised her.
“Port Harcourt is dwelling to me any day. The recollections are contemporary of a metropolis the place I dared to dream and hope for a purposeful life. I thank the Lord for His work in me and thru me to date. The scholarship is to encourage college students that their desires and ambitions are legitimate and never to surrender as a result of there’s a God who has ‘Extra Love’,” she mentioned.
The singer lately unveiled a 12-track album, ‘Overwhelming Victory’, which she recorded whereas she was pregnant.
Earlier than ‘Overwhelming Victory’, Chinwo had recorded success in initiatives like ‘Elevated’, ‘Marvel’, and ‘Confidence’, amongst others.
