New year, more scholarships! 💛

Update letter from the Amigos team

Dear Amigos and Amigas,

Thanks to your support, we are starting the new year off strong and very excited to share our 2022 Amigos de Santa Cruz team!

We are proud to be an organization where over 85% of our staff comes from the local Santa Cruz villages. This is a very important aspect of our work, as it ensures that our programs and services understand the context and the people we want to support.

In addition, we value local and promote female leadership in our educational and economic programs. Currently 66% of our entire team, and 100% of our top organizational leadership, are women! This contributes to closing the gender gap in Santa Cruz, and facilitates a space where female leadership is respected and encouraged.

Finally, we are ensuring strict health measures remain in place to protect our team and our community from COVID-19, and more than 90% of our team is vaccinated with all 3 doses.

We feel strong and prepared to face any challenge that comes our way. We are proud of what we have accomplished, and are committed to making this beautiful little part of the world a place where education and economic empowerment create sustainable and lasting generational change.

With gratitude,

The Amigos Team

Scholarships to Support Formal Education

More than 50 local youth obtained scholarships for this year!

"I firmly believe that focusing on supporting the education and professional preparation of our people has a high probability of improving the quality of life for them, their families and the entire community."

Braulio Cochoy Muz

New Formal Education Program Coordinator

This year we are excited to share that scholarships were awarded to more than 50 local young people from Santa Cruz and its surrounding villages, enabling them to continue their studies in middle school, high school, university, and even to begin their master's degrees!

The total investment of the program for one year is always large. However all this has been possible thanks to the constant support of all our donors and the excellent work of resource management and dedication of our Formal Education Program team, who work with each individual student throughout the year to ensure their success.

Our mission is to provide young people with the tools and opportunities they need to achieve a quality education.

Karina, Gladys, Claudia, Cristóbal, Lucas and Paulina represent a sample of different scholarship recipients from Middle School to Master's Degree. Their coordinator, Braulio (in a blue polo shirt) stands in the center.

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