Scholars
Scholars renew their scholarship every year by getting good grades in school, participating in class and attending our extra curricular activities. A few of our scholars:
Eliana L.
Gender: Female Date of Birth: 28/02/1992 State/Province: Córdoba Country: Argentina Education Type: High School Education Level: 5th Grade School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 – Distance from School 8 Blocks Estimated Family Income: $2442 Mother’s Occupation: Housewife Father’s Occupation: Carpenter Number of Household Members: 4 Extracurricular Activities:
Eliana has one great passion – painting. When looking at her paintings one can see that she has a real talent which she probably inherited from her father, an equally enthusiastic painter.In her free time she likes to read short stories, listen to music and go for a run with her friends. Moreover, Eliana would like to learn how to play the guitar but until now she never had the opportunity to take lessons.Eliana participates regularly in the weekly activities that GO offers the students. She enjoys the joint breakfasts and the maths and computer science lessons held by volunteers.
Future Aspirations:
After finishing school Eliana would like to study biochemistry since biology and chemistry are the topics she enjoys most and knowing that one can reach a higher standard of living with this job than with being an artist. Also, she takes part in a project at school which is called “Pro Salud” (Pro Health) where the students are taught how to take her of their own body and eat healthy.
Student Biography
Eliana lives in a small house with her parents and her brother Marcelo, who is 2 years older than her. Eliana’s mother is a housewife, whereas her father studied graphics and painting for four years and out of personal reasons he had to quit his studies without getting a degree. Now he is working as an independent carpenter, making an effort day by day to care for his family. Because of his own history he considers the education and future of his children the most important thing and supports Eliana as good as he can in order to help her finish school and get a decent job.
Sponsor Eliana!
Eliana has one great passion – painting. When looking at her paintings one can see that she has a real talent which she probably inherited from her father, an equally enthusiastic painter.In her free time she likes to read short stories, listen to music and go for a run with her friends. Moreover, Eliana would like to learn how to play the guitar but until now she never had the opportunity to take lessons.Eliana participates regularly in the weekly activities that GO offers the students. She enjoys the joint breakfasts and the maths and computer science lessons held by volunteers.
Future Aspirations:
After finishing school Eliana would like to study biochemistry since biology and chemistry are the topics she enjoys most and knowing that one can reach a higher standard of living with this job than with being an artist. Also, she takes part in a project at school which is called “Pro Salud” (Pro Health) where the students are taught how to take her of their own body and eat healthy.
Student Biography
Eliana lives in a small house with her parents and her brother Marcelo, who is 2 years older than her. Eliana’s mother is a housewife, whereas her father studied graphics and painting for four years and out of personal reasons he had to quit his studies without getting a degree. Now he is working as an independent carpenter, making an effort day by day to care for his family. Because of his own history he considers the education and future of his children the most important thing and supports Eliana as good as he can in order to help her finish school and get a decent job.
Sponsor Eliana!
Flavia T.
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 17/12/1994 State/Province: Córdoba Country: Argentina Education Type: High School Education Level: 3th Grade School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 – Distance from School 4 Blocks Estimated Family Income: $2458 Mother’s Occupation: Housewife Father’s Occupation: Deceased Number of Household Members: 2
Extracurricular Activities:
Flavia likes doing sports and listening to music. She spends most of her free-time with her little niece who lives in a house attached to her own. On Saturday she enthusiastically participates in the Give An Opportunity activities, in particular the group breakfasts.
Future Aspirations:
Since her favorite subjects are physics and chemistry, Flavia could imagine herself studying something related to these topics. Right now, she is more focused on finishing secondary school with good grades, though.
Student Biography
Flavia was abandoned by her mother and father when she was three months old. She was raised by Irma, a distant relative of her real parents. Irma has full custody of Flavia and loves her like her own daughter. Irma’s husband past away during 2005 and to support the family, they receive Irma’s pension and a small sum of child benefit from the government. Flavia is a very diligent student and – despite their poor living conditions – Irma does everything she can in order to support her with her studies
Sponsor Flavia!
Date of Birth: 17/12/1994 State/Province: Córdoba Country: Argentina Education Type: High School Education Level: 3th Grade School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 – Distance from School 4 Blocks Estimated Family Income: $2458 Mother’s Occupation: Housewife Father’s Occupation: Deceased Number of Household Members: 2
Extracurricular Activities:
Flavia likes doing sports and listening to music. She spends most of her free-time with her little niece who lives in a house attached to her own. On Saturday she enthusiastically participates in the Give An Opportunity activities, in particular the group breakfasts.
Future Aspirations:
Since her favorite subjects are physics and chemistry, Flavia could imagine herself studying something related to these topics. Right now, she is more focused on finishing secondary school with good grades, though.
Student Biography
Flavia was abandoned by her mother and father when she was three months old. She was raised by Irma, a distant relative of her real parents. Irma has full custody of Flavia and loves her like her own daughter. Irma’s husband past away during 2005 and to support the family, they receive Irma’s pension and a small sum of child benefit from the government. Flavia is a very diligent student and – despite their poor living conditions – Irma does everything she can in order to support her with her studies
Sponsor Flavia!
Gaston G.
Gender: Male Date of Birth: 13/05/1995 State/Province: Córdoba Country: Argentina Education Type: High School Education Level: 4th Grade School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 – Distance from School 6 Blocks Estimated Family Income: $2748 Mother’s Occupation: Housewife Father’s Occupation: Building Painter Number of Household Members: 6 Extracurricular Activities:
In his free-time Gaston plays soccer with his friends and enjoys participating in the extra-curricular events of GO - Give An Opportunity. His favorite activities are the rehearsals for the theatre show and the magic workshop which were offered to the students.
Future Aspirations:
Gastón always had the dream to become a professional soccer player but ever since he has become a GO - Give An Opportunity scholar he realized that he has to finish school in order to be really successful in life. That’s why he’s really ambitious to get good grades and he would like to study engineering after secondary school.
Student Biography
Gastón lives in a small house with his parents and his three siblings. The family considers Gastón’s education the most important thing. His older brother had to leave school because his girlfriend got pregnant and he had to start working. In order to prevent Gastón and his other siblings from a similar experience, his parents attach value to sexual education and they support their children with their school work.
Sponsor Gastón!
In his free-time Gaston plays soccer with his friends and enjoys participating in the extra-curricular events of GO - Give An Opportunity. His favorite activities are the rehearsals for the theatre show and the magic workshop which were offered to the students.
Future Aspirations:
Gastón always had the dream to become a professional soccer player but ever since he has become a GO - Give An Opportunity scholar he realized that he has to finish school in order to be really successful in life. That’s why he’s really ambitious to get good grades and he would like to study engineering after secondary school.
Student Biography
Gastón lives in a small house with his parents and his three siblings. The family considers Gastón’s education the most important thing. His older brother had to leave school because his girlfriend got pregnant and he had to start working. In order to prevent Gastón and his other siblings from a similar experience, his parents attach value to sexual education and they support their children with their school work.
Sponsor Gastón!
Daniel L.
Gender: Male Date of Birth: 25/12/1993 State/Province: Córdoba Country: Argentina Education Type: High School Education Level: 5th Grade School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 – Distance from School 6 Blocks Estimated Family Income: $ Mother’s Occupation: Not applicable Father’s Occupation: Not applicable Number of Household Members: 2 (grandmother)
Extracurricular Activities:
Daniel is a passionate football player and in his free-time he regularly organizes tournaments with his friends. Furthermore, he enjoys surfing the web which he does in the Internet cafés at neighborhoods near his. During 2009 Daniel worked together with a volunteer to learn web programming, basic html code, etc and its something he likes. Still, its hard for him to keep at it because he doesn’t have the resources to practice, not even in school. The school where Daniel attends had 5 computers and they were robbed last year.
Since he is a music person and likes singing, he has the aspiration to learn how to play the guitar one day.
Future Aspirations:
Daniel’s goal is to finish secondary school. He would also like to take a computer science course since his dream is to study graphic design in order to become a computer programmer.
Two years ago Daniel was quite a shy person. As time passed he has become very extroverted and often entertains the entire group.
Student Biography
When Daniel was three years old his mother and father left him with his grandmother. Ever since then he has been living with his grandmother Rosa who works three times a week in order to support the family. Also, they receive a tiny monthly sum as part of the welfare plan “Vale lo nuestro” (We’re worth it). Rosa takes great care of Daniel and encourages him in his efforts to be successful at school.
Sponsor Daniel!
Extracurricular Activities:
Daniel is a passionate football player and in his free-time he regularly organizes tournaments with his friends. Furthermore, he enjoys surfing the web which he does in the Internet cafés at neighborhoods near his. During 2009 Daniel worked together with a volunteer to learn web programming, basic html code, etc and its something he likes. Still, its hard for him to keep at it because he doesn’t have the resources to practice, not even in school. The school where Daniel attends had 5 computers and they were robbed last year.
Since he is a music person and likes singing, he has the aspiration to learn how to play the guitar one day.
Future Aspirations:
Daniel’s goal is to finish secondary school. He would also like to take a computer science course since his dream is to study graphic design in order to become a computer programmer.
Two years ago Daniel was quite a shy person. As time passed he has become very extroverted and often entertains the entire group.
Student Biography
When Daniel was three years old his mother and father left him with his grandmother. Ever since then he has been living with his grandmother Rosa who works three times a week in order to support the family. Also, they receive a tiny monthly sum as part of the welfare plan “Vale lo nuestro” (We’re worth it). Rosa takes great care of Daniel and encourages him in his efforts to be successful at school.
Sponsor Daniel!
Celeste N.
Gender: Female Date of Birth: --/--/-- State/Province: Córdoba Country: Argentina Education Type: High School Education Level: --th Grade School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 – Distance from School 8 Blocks Estimated Family Income: $3358 Mother’s Occupation: Housewife Father’s Occupation: Mason Number of Household Members: 8
Extracurricular Activities:
Celeste always helps her mother to do the housekeeping and the rest of her free-time she reads or watches TV. On Saturdays she joins the GO - Give An Opportunity activities. She enjoys everything that includes manual work like, for example, making handicrafts or painting pictures.
Future Aspirations:
She is very studious and attends school with great motivation. Right now she is concentrating on finishing secondary school, but further ahead in her life she would like to study in order to get a better job but she still hasn’t decided what. That’s why she’s currently informing herself about possible courses of university studies that could be interesting for her.
Student Biography
Celeste lives in a small house with her parents and five brothers and sisters. Her oldest sister is currently unemployed and stays at home to help her mother with the housekeeping. That’s why Celeste’s parents are even more eager to support her in her effort to finish school and find a course of studies that she likes.
Sponsor Celeste!
Extracurricular Activities:
Celeste always helps her mother to do the housekeeping and the rest of her free-time she reads or watches TV. On Saturdays she joins the GO - Give An Opportunity activities. She enjoys everything that includes manual work like, for example, making handicrafts or painting pictures.
Future Aspirations:
She is very studious and attends school with great motivation. Right now she is concentrating on finishing secondary school, but further ahead in her life she would like to study in order to get a better job but she still hasn’t decided what. That’s why she’s currently informing herself about possible courses of university studies that could be interesting for her.
Student Biography
Celeste lives in a small house with her parents and five brothers and sisters. Her oldest sister is currently unemployed and stays at home to help her mother with the housekeeping. That’s why Celeste’s parents are even more eager to support her in her effort to finish school and find a course of studies that she likes.
Sponsor Celeste!
Carolina N.
Gender: Female
Date of Birth:08/11/1994
State/Province:Córdoba
Country: Argentina
Education Type: High School
Education Level: --th Grade
School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 –
Distance from School: 8 Blocks
Estimated Family Income: $1527
Mother’s Occupation: Housewife
Father’s Occupation: Self-employed, Casual worker
Number of Household Members: 7
Extracurricular Activities:
In her free-time she regularly meets her friends and reads novels. Sometimes she goes to the book fair with her family since the entry is for free and she really enjoys rummaging through the stands. Carolina can’t practice any sports because she suffers from asthma.
Future Aspirations:
Carolina is very studious and one of our best students. Her favorite subject is history which she finished with the highest result the first half of the year. She is very ambitious to finish school and get a decent job afterwards.
Student Biography
Carolina’s father suffered from infantile paralysis when he was little which left him with a distortion of the spine. He still has some difficulties which is why he doesn’t have a regular job and only does casual work.
Carolina’s dad and his wife help their children as good as they can with their homework, copying study material and finding examples to explain them a subject. Among the parents, Carolina’s education is considered very important in order to get out of her current situation and start leading a better life.
Date of Birth:08/11/1994
State/Province:Córdoba
Country: Argentina
Education Type: High School
Education Level: --th Grade
School Name: Dr. Federico Cumar - Ipem 18 –
Distance from School: 8 Blocks
Estimated Family Income: $1527
Mother’s Occupation: Housewife
Father’s Occupation: Self-employed, Casual worker
Number of Household Members: 7
Extracurricular Activities:
In her free-time she regularly meets her friends and reads novels. Sometimes she goes to the book fair with her family since the entry is for free and she really enjoys rummaging through the stands. Carolina can’t practice any sports because she suffers from asthma.
Future Aspirations:
Carolina is very studious and one of our best students. Her favorite subject is history which she finished with the highest result the first half of the year. She is very ambitious to finish school and get a decent job afterwards.
Student Biography
Carolina’s father suffered from infantile paralysis when he was little which left him with a distortion of the spine. He still has some difficulties which is why he doesn’t have a regular job and only does casual work.
Carolina’s dad and his wife help their children as good as they can with their homework, copying study material and finding examples to explain them a subject. Among the parents, Carolina’s education is considered very important in order to get out of her current situation and start leading a better life.
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