Guatemala Scholarship Fund

Type of Project: Financial Management
Request: Donation Management
Location(s):  Various locations throughout Guatemala
Recipient: High school and college students

Most Guatemalans are only able to complete school through the 6th grade due to lack of family financial resources.  Lack of education and educational resources contributes to the cycle of poverty that the majority of Guatemalans live in.  Fully aware of this fact, Trade Palms partnered with a missionary in Guatemala to help assist in the education of individuals by providing scholarship administration that enable students to further their education and help make a financial impact on their families.  It is our belief that by increasing the level of education, Guatemalans will have a better opportunity to get a good job making it possible for them to support their families and put additional family members through school.

Students interested in a scholarship provide an outline of the program they wish to study and provide a budget for the annual cost of the program.  Students accepted into the program are required to submit a monthly accounting of expenses and a progress report each semester.

The following individuals are current or past participants of the scholarship program:

• Sarah Calguá Balán successfully completed a 1 year Auxiliary Nursing program in 2008.
• Sandra Elizabeth Suhul Lopez began a three year high school program in 2008.  She is studying to become a Primary Education Teacher.
• Magdy Yulissa Cosiguá began a two year program in 2009.  She will be studying to become Secretary with an orientation in law.
• Lety Balán graduated from a 3 year equivalent of a bachelor’s degree program in Secondary Education in 2007.  She is now teaching 3rd grade in a rural community.
• Carlos Marcelo Balán Julajuj completed a 2 year Library Science certification in 2008 and works at the Quixayá Library in Santa Cruz Quixayá.
• Felipe Calguá Balán completed a 3 year equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Programming at the University Galileo in Guatemala City.  He is now working as a computer science teacher in San Lucas Tolimán and runs a small photocopier and computer hardware repair business in Quixayá.
• Armando Jose Bixcul Par began a 3 year Computer Technician program in 2008 and works at the Quixayá Library in Santa Cruz Quixayá.
• Felisa Calguá is in her second year of seamstress classes and runs a small seamstress business in Santa Cruz Quixayá. 
• Roberto Carlos Garcia Jacinto completed his middle school education in 2006 in San Lucas Tolimán.