Project Amigo Canada Society focuses on supporting youth of lower income families in Suchitlan, Colima, Mexico. Without support, these youth would have difficulty achieving even a basic, education. Project Amigo ensures students have access to a continuous education from elementary to tech school or university levels, and the ability to achieve their highest potential.
For the past two years, the Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue has been sponsoring a Project Amigo student who is elementary school. Project Amigo has reached out to our club to ask if we would consider sponsoring a student at the secondary level, which is a larger financial commitment of $850/year.
Due to the pandemic, many families in the communities Project Amigo serves are dealing with financial difficulty, which resulted in more families applying for support for their children’ education. This September alone, they have accepted more than 40 new students at the secondary level and they are hoping to find a sponsor for each of them.
Click to read the bios for two of these students in their first year of Secondary School.
Diego is new to the scholarship program this year. He is in his first year of junior high. He lives with his parents and younger brother, as well as his great-grandmother and grandmother. His father is a field worker.
Diego wants to be an agronomist. One of his dreams is to have his own business. He says he feels excited and happy to be part of Project Amigo, “because they give me the opportunity to study and then maybe own a business.”
Diego is responsible for maintaining a GPA higher than 8.5, performing 10 hours of community service a month, attending weekly homework club, and writing to sponsors regularly.
Francisco Jacobo is new to the scholarship program this year. He is in his first year of junior high. He lives with his parents and younger brother. His father is a field worker.
Francisco Jacobo wants to be an agronomist. One of his dreams is to finish his studies at the university. He says he feels excited and happy to be part of Project Amigo, “because they make it easier to complete my studies”.
Francisco Jacobo is responsible for maintaining a GPA higher than 8.5, performing 10 hours of community service a month, attending weekly homework club, and writing to sponsors regularly.