Scholarships

Our Goal: To encourage and support each student to complete the highest level of education.

Scholarship details and general information:

The cost of sponsoring a student in Pala, Guatemala (these can be funded by single individuals, families or groups): costs updated March, 2023.

Guatemala Village Partners gets a new list of students requesting scholarships yearly in the month of January.   

The school year in Guatemala starts some time mid or end of January and it ends in November. We ask sponsors to pay the scholarship any time starting in February (once we know students have started school). Sponsors also have the option to make any number of monthly payments, as long as the total amount is paid off by June 1st. We also ask sponsors to make a commitment of three years,  in order to give the opportunity to the student to finish middle school and later high school. 

Middle School- grades 7th to 9th

Students are required to have a minimum average grade of 75 to qualify for a scholarship.  They also need to pass all of their classes without "recuperation" (summer class). They are also to maintain this average to keep it.  They need to pass all their classes.

• Normal fee $300

✅Those students who are from Palá and who do receive computer classes. (Mandatory for those from Palá)

✅Students who are going to study in their village and CANNOT travel to take a computer class due to distance.

• Higher fee- $450

✅Students who are from another village who do not have a middle school and have to travel to Palá or another place that requires them to pay for transportation to be able to study and who WILL receive the computer class at the Brenda Armstrong Library.

High School Students: grades 10th to 12th.  $800 per year

Students are required to have a minimum grade average of 80 to qualify for a scholarship and need to maintain an average of 80 to keep it automatically.  Those with average of 75-79 will be considered on a case by case basis.  They are required to pass all their classes.

University 3 year (technical) degree: $1,000 per year

Students are again required minimum grade average of 80 to be eligible for a university scholarship.  They need to pass all of their classes.  University degree may require to pass a private examination to actually get their degree.  Once the student has the degree in hand the team will celebrate them when the travel next to Pala and the sponsor or GVP will gift them a laptop as a graduation present.  

University year 4 & 5 for Bachelors: $1,300 per year

Students who have finishes all courses but will require thesis or private exam $500. This includes expenses to actually get the university degree and private essay, thesis print and presentation/defense.

Students are required to have a minimum grade average of 80 to qualify for a scholarship automatically.  Those with average of 75-79 will be considered on a case by case basis.  They are required to pass all their classes.

Communicating with your student:

You will have a chance to write to your student when the team visits Pala.  We ask sponsors do not send any type of presents to their student, the best present you can give them is the gift of an education. If you would like to write to your student at other times contact Cole W.