Scholarship
Programs
Project Amigo provides medical, dental, educational and
enrichment services to several hundred poor children who are
enrolled in kindergartens and primary schools in the city of
Colima and nearby rural areas. All of these programs are
supported by sponsorships.
The Students
Imagine living in a three-room adobe house in a rural village
with cobblestone streets, erratic electricity and undrinkable
water. Your father is a campesino who gets seasonal work picking
coffee beans, cutting sugar cane, and planting corn. Your mother
stays home and cares for your five brothers and sisters. Your
grandmother and a disabled uncle live with you. In the afternoons
and on weekends you work in the fields and around the house. But
you are a good student and enjoy school; you are proud to always
get the best grade in the class in math. At the sixth grade
graduation ceremony you are given a prize for academic
achievement. What is your future?
Without a scholarship from Project Amigo, schooling for this
child would probably end at 6th grade, and he or she would begin
working in a menial job and look forward to a life of grinding
poverty. With your donations, Project Amigo is opening up a new
future for children such as these - one in which they can work
with their minds, not their backs.
Junior High and High School
Scholarships
Eligibility
Project Amigo scholarships are available to poor children
graduating from rural primary schools in the state of Colima,
Mexico, with a grade point average of 8.5 out of 10.
Responsibilities
To continue in the program students must: maintain at least a
grade point average of 8.5 out of 10, perform community service,
attend Homework Club every week, and behave respectfully toward
their teachers, other students, and their school.
Other Services to Young
Scholars
Students who maintain a grade point average of 9.0 or above also
receive a fun outing -- movies, beach, miniature golf, etc. -- at
mid-year and after the end of the school year.
In addition to scholarships to junior high and high school,
Project Amigo operates weekly
Homework
Clubs, providing tutoring and mentoring for the students in
six different locations throughout the state of Colima.
Young women students who live in remote rural villages without
access to high school or college, are housed in Project
Amigo's girl's boarding home,
Casa Amiga, in the city of Colima.
Laptops
The Rotary Club of Long Beach, District 5320, the Colima Rotary
and The Rotary Foundation partnered to provide 20 laptop
computers to Project Amigo’s University scholarship
recipients. The matching grant included funds to provide wireless
Internet access at Casa Amiga for all laptop computer users.
College
Scholarships
Scholarship students who successfully complete High School are
eligible for a Project Amigo College Scholarship to the
University of Colima. Some of our young scholars are outstanding
students with real potential to become doctors, lawyers, teachers
and community leaders. When these children enter a profession
they, and their whole family, will break the cycle of poverty
that has imprisoned them for generations. You can make this
happen with your donations to our
College Scholarship Fund.
How You Can Help?
If you or your Rotary Club sponsor a scholarship student you will
receive a biography and photos of your student and periodic
reports of his or her progress. In addition, we will translate
your letters and the student's replies. Scholarship donors
can establish rewarding and lasting relationships with their
students, sharing with them the adventure of their journey into
adulthood.
The cost of giving these young scholars a future is $420 for a
junior high student, $600 per high school student, and $4,000 for
a college student per year.
If you would like to sponsor a student, please fill out the
Student Sponsorship Form.
Donations in any amount to our Scholarship Fund are always
appreciated.
