Saint John’s Benedictine Volunteer Corps
Coban Scholarships
Thank you for your support in making it possible for 11 students from small villages outside of Coban, Guatemala to receive a scholarship and to go to school this year. We ended up raising $220.66 to purchase school supplies for the 11 students.
A mother of one of the students who received the scholarship told us how when she was young, the reason she could not attend school was because her parents could not afford school supplies. The students have been challenged to maintain a GPA above 75% in order to receive scholarships in the future. We will keep you posted on how this program is going - so far so good.
Thank you again for your help!
Matthew Ott
The scholarship recipients are listed below:
Student:
Marcelo Caal Xuc
Village: Río Palmeras
Age: 24
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Santa Margarita Quinilla Santos
Village: Río Palmeras
Age: 14
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Ángel Florentin Caal Xuc
Village: Río Palmeras
Age: 15
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Marta Isabel Santos Tojin
Village: Río Palmeras
Age: 14
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Alberto Tum Chipel
Village: Río Palmeras
Age: 17
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Silvia Elizabeth Choc Chen
Village: Río Palmeras
Age: 15
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Amelia Lucia Ico Choc
Village: Salvador Chitzol
Age: 18
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Brenda Azucena Caal Rax
Village: Salvador Chitzol
Age: 15
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Hermene Gildo Caal Cú
Village: Salvador Chitzol
Age: 15
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Student:
Sergio Ismael Caal Batz
Village: Salvador Chitzol
Age: 17
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Bayron Rudi Michael Sagui Paaü
Village: Salvador Chitzol
Age: 12
School Attending: Instituto Basico Telesecondaria Campur Cobán
Monday, February 8, 2010
