Filling Backpacks with the Opportunity to Continue Studying

The 2022 school year is in full swing with much excitement as schools are meeting fully in-person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic! Students are shifting gears in doing schoolwork from printed packets with limited interaction – to participating in class with teachers and doing more groupwork with peers. Hands-on schoolwork also means more expenses for families when buying materials for projects, which can often mean a family choosing between purchasing food for their family of 7 or spending money on materials for 1 child’s projects. But for the 112 students in our scholarship program, your donations are helping to remove one more barrier towards their education.While on-the-ground in Honduras I talked to parents and asked if they would send their promising students to a colegio (7-12^th grade), many blatantly said “no” because it is known that more educational expenses come with this stage of study. This decision was made despite the student’s interest in continuing their education and highlights the great assistance our scholarship program provides. Our program coordinator, Nelly Milla, works to meet with each of our 7 municipal schools to put together an educational “kit according to the priorities of each modality and academic grade of the beneficiaries.” This year’s kits were delivered in backpacks, one per student. Below are some pictures with their kits in hand, ready to prosper for this school year.