Category Archives: Scholarships

Binghamton 2021 newsletter

We share with you the 2021 newsletter of the Binghamton committee. This committee is sistered with El Charcon, a community supported by CRIPDES SUR in the department of La Libertad.

2021 Scholarship program in San Vicente – Las becas 2021 en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Today, the first assembly with the highschool scholarship recipients from San Vicente was held. This group of young people will receive financial support to buy materials and to purchase credit for their online studies. In this first assembly they decided the dates of the assemblies for the rest of the semester […]

PROGRESO: 2020 in review / revisando el 2020

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In 2020, USESSC said goodbye to two other committees that could no longer keep their commitments with their sistered communities. We had to say goodbye to the relationship between Wichita and La Bermuda, and the one between Manhattan and El Papaturro. That sadly means we will have less resources to support […]

Jóvenes en San Vicente se reúnen de nuevo / Youth in San Vicente meet again

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Due to the COVID19 pandemic, meetings with high school scholars in San Vicente had been suspended. Today the group met again keeping their social distance. This space was used for the students to reflect on the challenges they have faced during these months. The promoter Alfredo López divided the participants into […]

Letters from scholarship recipients studying amid the pandemic (PROGRESO)

Today we want to share letters from Celina and Ercilia. Celina, from the Agua Caliente community, is in her fifth year of Modern Languages at the National University. Ercilia, from Marianella, is in her fourth year of English at the Universidad Tecnológica. We think it is important to showcase the realities people face in the […]

2020 Scholarship recipients / Becarias y becarios de 2020 en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Today, a new group of young people signed an agreement with the scholarship program of CRIPDES San Vicente. These young folks were chosen by the community boards to receive a partial scholarship that will help them to finish their high school, this is specially important this year when the school packages […]

Izcanal le da cobertura al programa de becas en San Vicente

“El objetivo es ayudar a las personas que habían sido movilizadas forzosamente por la guerra hacia diferentes países, ya sea Honduras o Nicaragua, CRIPDES era como un intermediario para retornar nuevamente al país” indicó José Alfredo López miembro de CRIPDES San Vicente. Además menciona ¿Por qué? CRIPDES busca ayudar a los jóvenes a través del […]

Midyear review with scholarship recipients / evaluación de medio año del programa de becas en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last thursday, Alfredo Lopez, youth promoter in CRIPDES San Vicente, led another workshop with the beneficiaries of the scholarship program. Since this was the midyear session, they took the opportunity to evaluate the work done so far. There was a summary of the lessons learned and the promoter asked for feedback from […]

Meet the new scholarship recipients in San Vicente / Conozca a las y los nuevos becarios de San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In 2018, several youth from our program graduated from high school. This year new people were elected to take their place by the boards of the beneficiary communities. The young folks that are receiving a small amount that helps with their transportation or educational material are: NOMBRE 1 Maria Jose Panameño 2 […]