Michaela Kamo

Touching peoples lives

Michaela Kamo's dream to study while also looking after her 3 children became a reality thanks to the generosity of  Eva Trowbridge, one of the Acorn Foundation's first donors.

Before Eva died in 2006, she set up a fund through the Acorn Foundation, and now every year a scholarship is awarded to a mature student studying at the Tauranga campus of the University of Waikato.

In 2009, this scholarship was awarded to Kate Flanagan, who said, "When I am studying at night, I really feel like I have Eva Trowbridge's angel sitting on my shoulder".