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Hijos
del Campo was created as a response to producers'
want to create a better future for their children.
The foundation's main objective is to increase the
educational opportunities of children and adolescents
in the coffee communities. To that end, Foundation
Hijos del Campo has created sustainable, long–term
programs that foster the educational development
of rural communities´ future leaders. These
young leaders will use their education not only
to improve their own productive activities but also
to contribute greatly to their communities and influence
the decision-making related to their communities
and country. |
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Hijos
del Campo provides scholarships for high
school and university students and provides
rural schools with financial support to
build and improve infrastructure and to
buy equipment and teaching materials. |
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In
2003 Foundation Hijos del Campo invested $100,000
USD in programs benefiting more than 270 students
and 86 schools; benefiting in total more than 5,600
students. |
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the past 6 years, the Foundation has given 1,600
complementary scholarships and financial support
to 224 schools in the rural areas covered by COOCAFE´s
cooperatives. |
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| In
2004, the Foundation plans on supporting at least
300 students with scholarships and benefiting 164
families from a fund of $50,000, to help them diversify
their sources of income and keep their children
in school. |
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Through
the scholarship programs and financial support
to the schools the Foundation hopes to reduce
the educational gap between urban and rural zones
that characterizes the current educational system
in Costa Rica.
In
doing so, it also hopes to stem the constantly
increasing migration from the countryside to the
cities and create an educational environment conducive
to nurturing new rural leaders.
In
other words, Hijos del Campo represents a social
re-investment fully in line with COOCAFE's overall
commitment to sustainable development. |
