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|Description=Children from poverty-stricken families require school supplies, uniforms, and shoes in order to attend public school in Costa Rica.  This volunteer-run scholarship project started in 2013, and now provides help for up to 30 students in San Ramon. Some of these students are in their eighth year in the program, and with your help we can continue to raise over $14,000 per year to keep these students on track to graduate high school. As of 2019, nine of our students have graduated.


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=Challenge=
Approximately 10% of Costa Rican families live in extreme poverty.  In San Ramon, the majority of these are parented by single mothers or guardians.  Many of these women are non-documented Nicaraguan immigrants  and therefore not eligible for government assistance to buy the school supplies, uniforms, and shoes necessary for their children to take advantage of the free public education system.  Survey results indicate that 20% of these households have children aged 7-10 who are not in school.

=Long-Term Impact=
Education offers an opportunity for children to escape a lifetime of poverty, drugs, gang violence, and crime. Many of these single mother or abandoned families would not be able to keep their children in school without help. Rather than expand the number of students in this  program, it is more important to provide continuing annual assistance until the students in the program can graduate high school, go to work, and begin to break the cycle of poverty within these families.

=References=

# http://www.actionalliancecr.com
# http://www.actionalliancecr.com/ed-news-and-notes.html


=Project Gallery=

|Problems=204371,197326
|Solutions=197329
|organization_id=39674
|Region=Costa Rica
|Resources=['http://www.actionalliancecr.com', 'http://www.actionalliancecr.com/ed-news-and-notes.html']
|scraped_url=https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/give-the-gift-of-education-to-children-in-poverty/
|scraped_from=GlobalGiving
|feature_image=File:MJ_Supported_my_Dreams_photo_for_Feb_112022_GG_report_Large.jpg|Aspiring Student Graduated H.S. 2021;on to Univ.
|images=[[File:ph_18714_88325.jpg|,File:ph_18714_170451.jpg|Another Thankful Student,File:ph_18714_170452.jpg|Second Term 2019 Scholarship Students (23 of 28),File:IMG_0322_Large.jpg|CAA Students 2022 Prep for Univ. Entrance Exams,File:IMG_0320_Large.jpg|Math Refresher-Solve for X,File:AVEM_UCR_Diploma_May_2022_Large.jpg|AVEM Bachelor's Degree in Social Work May 2022,File:Youve_Supported_My_DreamsMJRR_Large.jpg|5 Years Later- Taking University Entrance Exams!,File:2015_Beca_Class_Photo_for_Feb_11_2022_GG_Report_Large.jpg|2015 CAA Scholarship Class some 4th/5th grade,File:Jorge__LL_about_20142015_for_Feb_11_2022_GG_Report_Large.jpg|Jorge 4th-5th grade 2015 receiving vouchers]]
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