Alternative Giving
Looking for a gift for someone who is hard to shop for or who has everything they need? Give the gift of education! An alternative gift through Few for Change can help a hard-working student stay in school. When you make an alternative gift, your donation goes directly to supporting Few for Change scholars and their communities on behalf of the recipient. We’ll send you or the gift recipient (your choice!) a customized card via email.
Every dollar of your donation helps students in purchasing their school supplies, covering matriculation fees, paying rental costs for rooms required to attend school far away from home, funding travel costs to and from school, or enabling families to pay their electricity bills so that students can do their homework at night. Our scholarships are flexible, with the goal of providing both support for direct educational costs, as well as enough additional income to the family to prevent our students from having to drop out of school to help support their families.
Choose from any of the following gifts:
Ari Kuitde Waire Community REsilience Fund
Our name in Ngäbere language means “Let’s go together to make a change.” We set up the Ari Kuitde Waire Community Resilience Fund to support our students from a community-focused perspective. Your donation to this fund will go directly to meeting the needs identified by our junta directiva, our advisory board of community leaders. In the past this fund has been used to help students purchase technology needed for remote learning during the pandemic. One of the current objectives identified for this fund is to build a Few for Change office in the Ngäbe Comarca.
Inside a classroom at Hato Ratón’s school.
One Month of School: $50
For $50, you can help a Few for Change scholarship recipient stay in school for a month.
Students talking through their reflections of the school year.
TWO MonthS of School: $100
For $100, you can help a Few for Change scholarship recipient stay in school for two months.
Classmates and friends, working together.
Trimester of School: $200
For $200, you can help a Few for Change scholarship recipient stay in school for a trimester.
Mirtha working thoughtfully.
One Year of School: $600
For $600, you can help keep a Few for Change scholarship recipient in school for a full year.
Yan Carlos at the annual FFC scholarship ceremony.
Three Year Scholarship: $1800
Few for Change believes in supporting students long-term. When we award a new scholarship, we ensure that we have enough funding to support the student for 3 years. This removes some financial uncertainty for the students and their families, helping students focus on their studies rather than worrying if they will be able to continue year-to-year. As long as our scholarship recipients persevere in school and maintain their grades, we continue funding their studies for the full three-year term.
Xiomara R. is hoping to attend university next year.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP: $1000
After finishing high school, many of our students set their sights on attending university. Program requirements, timelines, and costs vary drastically between different degrees and institutions. Our university scholarships are designed to help students bridge the gap between high school and university and pursue their career goals. For $1000, you can help a student continue on to university.
