transforming lives through education
THE FREE HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADULTS, NICARAGUA
In Nicaragua, being born in poverty often precludes access to high school education and all the opportunities that come with it, especially for women. The town high school excludes pregnant girls and women with children and anyone over 18. Many barrio residents can’t attend it on weekdays, because they work. Many rural families, who practice subsistence farming, live too far from town. The Free High School of San Juan del Sur, opened in 2002, gives all these individuals, excluded from regular schools, a chance at secondary education and a better life. Our rural middle schools reach students as young as thirteen, who live far and can’t afford bus fare. The Saturday School, open to all grades, grants the diploma.
1100 people have graduated as of 2017. Hundreds have gone on to higher education. With the help of Random Acts, Child’s Play, and the Coen Foundation, we have a beautiful sustainable campus, state-of-the-art computer and visual/sound systems, and a newly opened Technical High School. We invite you to join us in action and help keep all these fine programs going!
$200 sends one student to the FHS for an entire year.
$230 covers Internet access for the entire School for a whole month.
$1,000 pays the salary of the Saturday School Day-Care Center teacher for 48 Saturdays.
$1,000 pays the fees of the specialists who give the monthly training meetings to all the rural teachers, for a year.
$1,155 pays the salary of a rural teacher for an entire year (three afternoons a week, ten months a year).
$1,450 is the cost per year for one year for one teacher in the Saturday School.
On the donation page, under “Designation”, write Day-Care Center Teacher, Saturday School Teacher, or your choice, or simply FHS.
The Newton-San Juan Sister City Project, a 501(c)(3),is the pass-through for donations. 100% goes to the programs. Donations are tax deductible in the USA.