Project Report
| Jul 30, 2020
COVID 19 & University
By Jamie Collum | Project Leader
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COVID 19 Support
The ongoing pandemic continues to disrupt the regular university programming for our students. All classes have shifted online and this has presented a serious challenge for many of our students who live in rural areas. Internet access can be expensive and slow and even having access to a computer can be a challenge. In saying this, the majority of our students have been able to work through these issues and continue their studies but two students have chosen to defer their courses until next year. While dissapointing for them as they were supposed to graduate this December we understand the reasoning and have agreeed to defer these scholarships as well. We do continue to support 10 students monthly and look forward to seeing many of them graduate this winter. Our scholarship students are also receiving suport from our COVID 19 support program. This support includes regular delivery of basic food and health provisions for them and their families. 2020 continues to be a challenge for so many around the world but we are very proud of our students as they continue to work through these challenges as best they can.
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Apr 2, 2020
Scholarships during COVID19
By Jamie Collum | Project Leader
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It has been a while since our last update so this one is a bit longer than usual.
In late January we met with all of our students and received year-end grades and updates. Our students continue to progress and excel. Amazingly many have already entered their fourth and final year of studies - it really does feel like we just started this program but we will be officially graduating our first university graduates this December. I am unable to upload grades on this platform due to privacy concerns but the overall average for the group right now is at 86%, a number we are very proud of.
Unfortunately COVID19 is impacting Nicaragua as it is the rest of the world. Our students are very concerned as the government has yet to take any serious measures to counteract the spread. As I write this many schools and universities remain open. Depsite this, most of our students are not attending due to fear of catchig the virus and bringing it home. Thankfully their professors are understanding and most have been given persmission to study from home for now. This situation is evolving and so we continue to monitor this.
We are also pleased to report that we do have funding in place to support our students with full scholarships again of $40 USD a month this year, at least for the first few months. We are hoping funding continues to come in for the remainder of the year.
Thanks for your ongoing and generous support.
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Nov 25, 2019
Scholarship Program Update - November 2019
By Jamie Collum | Project Leader
Our students continue to excel in their studies. Most are prepping for their exams these days as the school year is starting to wind down. Unfortunately our funding has been limited this year due to the lack of tourism so we are only able to provide half scholarships for now but we are hoping for this to improve over the winter. To try to offset this reduction we have offered many of our students part time employment at Coco Loco. Many of them are studying tourism as well so we see this as a great way to support their studies - similar to a paid internship.
We have included a video link that features many of our scholarship students helping us with a school project last winter and also discussing their scholarships and dreams. We hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for the ongoing support.
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