{"id":133135,"date":"2026-03-05T09:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/johnson-johnson-foundation-launches-sh500000-nursing-education-fund-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:02:51","slug":"johnson-johnson-foundation-launches-sh500000-nursing-education-fund-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/johnson-johnson-foundation-launches-sh500000-nursing-education-fund-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson &amp; Johnson Foundation Launches Sh500,000 Nursing Education Fund in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 5 \u2013 The Johnson &amp; Johnson Foundation has officially launched its Advanced Nursing Education Fund, offering study loans of up to Sh500,000 to nurses and midwives seeking to advance their education and leadership in healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, in partnership with the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), targets both pre-service\/unemployed nurses and salaried healthcare professionals enrolled in approved nursing programmes across Kenya. Loans attract a competitive interest rate of 4% per year, with flexible repayment options of up to five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe J&amp;J Foundation Advanced Nursing Education Fund aims to empower nurses and midwives to pursue specialized courses, from Higher Diploma to PhD studies, and strengthen healthcare leadership in Kenya,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible applicants must provide an admission letter from a recognized institution certified by the Nursing Council of Kenya, identification documents, KRA PIN, guarantors\u2019 IDs, and recent passport photos. Salaried applicants must also submit the last three months\u2019 pay slips.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are entirely paperless. Interested candidates can register and submit their applications via the HELB portal at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helb.co.ke\/\">www.helb.co.ke<\/a>, under the \u201cStudent Portal\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants should select their level of study and indicate that they are not admitted through KUCCPS before applying for the Advanced Nursing Education Fund.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is expected to provide thousands of nurses and midwives with financial support to enhance their skills, improve patient care, and contribute to Kenya\u2019s healthcare development.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 5 \u2013 The Johnson &amp; Johnson Foundation has officially launched its Advanced Nursing Education Fund, offering study loans of up to Sh500,000 to nurses and midwives seeking to advance their education and leadership in healthcare. The initiative, in partnership with the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), targets both pre-service\/unemployed nurses and salaried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}