Scholarships
Most families cannot afford the cost of sending their children to school in areas like Asella and its surrounding communities. As a result, children don’t attend school leading to uneducated, frustrated children. These children end up illiterate, unskilled, and spend their time in streets, getting into trouble.
Bridge for Life firmly believes that education is the way out for these kids and ultimately, the communities where they live. It is our goal to help change the cycle of poverty through educating as many children as we can.
Bridge for Life does this by providing scholarships to send children to school. These scholarships cover the cost of:
School materials - books, pens, pencils, notebooks, etc.
Uniforms
Breakfast and lunch
Annual health checkup
Housing for those living at the boarding house
We can’t do it without your help. By creating a scholarship, you can ensure that the illiteracy rate in these communities goes down. An educated community is a community that can be self-sufficient, end poverty, and provide hope for the future.
Scholarship Types
Full Scholarship - Child Lives at the School
A full scholarship for a child living at the school provides students security knowing they do not need to worry about any school costs. Children living at the school are ones who have no real home to go to or come from a distance too great for daily commuting.
A full scholarship is $700 per year and covers
A shared room in the boarding house
School materials - books, pens, pencils, notebooks, etc.
Uniform
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily
Annual health checkup
"Life’s persistent and the most urgent question is,
'What are you doing for others?'"
… Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Partial Scholarships
Can’t do a full scholarship? No problem. Partial scholarships allow you to support these children at your comfort level. Partial scholarships are also a great way for friends, youth groups, company teams, neighbors, etc. to pitch in together to give more than you could individually.
Partial scholarships can be in any amount $25 or greater. Just select one of our partial scholarship amounts when donating.