Operation Day's Work - USA

1999-2000 Funding Application

# Project Information

Name of Project: Operation Graduate: *"Campagña: Gradua te"*

Name of U.S. NGO: *Co-partners of Campesinas*

## Address: 901 Second Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 {#address-901-second-street-alexandria-va-22314 .unnumbered}

Contact Person: Archer Heinzen, Chairperson

Phone: 703-548-6713

Fax: 703-548-6713

E-mail Address: heinzen@erols.com

Project Site in El Salvador: Ilobasco, a market town located 1 ½ hours
drive from the capital of San Salvador, and surrounding rural
communities.

Collaborating Organization: *Asociación La Nueva Esperanza (LNE)*

Project Director: Gloria Martel, Lead Volunteer for *Co-partners of
Campesinas* /San Salvador, Adriana Diana Rivas, Coordinator/Ilobasco

Project Start and End Dates: September 2000 - August 2003

Amount Requested: Approximately \$30,000 per year for three years (Year
1, \$25,925, Year 2, \$29,625, Year 3, \$30,000. The size of this
project is flexible and can be adjusted depending on the funds
available.)

# Organizational Background 

1.  Background of *Co-partners of Campesinas*: *Co-partners of
    Campesinas* is a volunteer organization constituted to found and
    support "learning associations" of socio-economically disadvantaged,
    rural girls and women in developing countries of Latin America.
    *Co-partners* was incorporated in 1997 as a U.S. organization
    tax-exempt under Sec. 501(c)(3).

The *Co-partners* methodology uses volunteers to support rural women to
establish classes in income generating and other empowerment skills and
to administer scholarship programs for education of rural students. As
soon as possible after establishment of a "learning association",
program management is turned over to local elected leaders who are
mentored by volunteers. Once well established, a "learning association"
is guided to seek legal status and local funding. Limited volunteer
efforts benefit members, giving them skills to earn added income, to
improve health practices, and to expand leadership capacity to
administer small programs offering school incentives and scholarships.
The empowerment and organizational process results in higher levels of
education, fewer pregnancies, higher incomes, and more community
participation by association members.

2.  Collaborative history between the Salvadoran and US NGOs:

    *La Nueva Esperanza (LNE)* is a Salvadoran organization established
    in 1994 as an educational program for women and youth from rural
    communities outside Ilobasco, El Salvador. It is led by a board of
    directors composed of women from the rural communities: Penas
    Blancas, Los Hoyos, Las Huertas, Quesera, and Nueva Tepeyac. The
    program began when a group of volunteers set up morning classes in a
    central market town on Saturday, the weekly market day. Some 80
    girls and women came to meet regularly to learn income-generating
    skills (sewing, embroidery, paper flowers) from experienced
    volunteers, and to discuss maternal/child health, community
    participation, and women's issues. During the four years that
    volunteer advisors supported *LNE*, members created a sustainable
    "learning association".

3.  Prior experience in the project area:

For five years, *Co-partners* has funded and La *Nueva Esperanza* has
administered a program of minimal packages of essential school supplies
(notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpener, etc.) for rural students who,
without such assistance, would not have attended school. In 1998
*Co-partners* funded and La *Nueva Esperanza* administered a program of
transportation scholarships for 16 rural students to continue in
elementary, middle or high school. In 1999 a Salvadoran educational
organization picked up funding of the majority of the scholarships that
were pioneered in the *Nueva Esperanza/Co-partners* collaboration.
Provision of scholarships to rural school children is a tested
development strategy with proven success. It has been used extensively
in girls' education programs in Guatemala where it has been supported by
both the Ministry of Education and the private sector.

#  Project Description

1.  Project Goals:

**250 out-of-school, rural students complete three additional years of
school.** Each year a large group (150 in year one, 250 in year's two
and three) of rural youth, currently out-of-school due to lack of
resources, will reenroll in school and complete the next three grades of
education.

**250 students learn study skills, life skills, and self-awareness.**
Scholarship students will also participate in monthly support sessions
covering study skills, life skills, self-esteem, that facilitate a peer
support system among rural students. These sessions will be taught by
older students and supported by two local teachers. The support groups
will be conducted on two levels, one for students ages 10-13 and the
other for ages 14-18. Both groups will reinforce the importance of
staying in school and teach the skills that make this possible.

**100 students assume part-time jobs/micro enterprise projects**.
Sessions for the older group in year's two and three will focus on the
theme "Paying Your Way through School". In these two years students
fourteen and older will be prepared to assume the cost of their future
educational expenses through part-time jobs and micro enterprise
projects.

Project funding will cover enrollment fees, transportation scholarships,
school supplies' packages valued at between \$5 (for elementary) and
\$75 (for high school), salary for a half-time Ilobasco coordinator, and
transportation for volunteers. The average cost of each "scholarship" of
\$100 will enable enrolled students to complete an additional year of
school.

2.  Project Objectives that support your goal:

-   Provision of motivational, school supplies' packages to 250
    low-income, rural students aged 10-18.

-   Provision of transportation scholarships to attend weekday or
    weekend classes for 250 low-income, rural students aged 10-18.

-   Provision of mentoring, and support groups led by local teachers and
    older students, centered in a program office where students will
    have access to the laptop computers to learn minimal computer
    skills.

3.  Project Background/Rationale (What are the specific
    needs/opportunities the project will address?)

**Needs to be addressed:** Rural youth in Central America and other
developing countries have limited opportunities to continue education
beyond the first four to six grades provided in community schools. This
limited formal education does not prepare them to compete for urban
jobs, nor can they become farmers like their parents. Land in this tiny
country is inadequate to support the burgeoning population, nor do rural
residents have the capital to buy it.

The natural desire of rural young people to learn is frustrated by lack
of resources for basic school supplies and transportation. Girls are
often especially disadvantaged because if family finances permit only
one child to continue in school it is often a male. When a learning
setting that can be integrated into traditional roles and
responsibilities is available, disadvantaged rural youth will exert
great effort to continue their education. Accelerated weekend schools
that provide Saturday and Sunday classes in municipal or departmental
centers are often the best opportunity for rural youth to continue in
school. Unfortunately the daily, round-trip, truck-fare of about a \$1
and minimal school supplies are often unaffordable for a rural family
whose cash income is usually less than a \$1000.

**Opportunities:**

**Scholarships - a proven development strategy**. As mentioned earlier,
small scholarship programs that partially cover school expenses, have
been highly successful in keeping girls in school in Guatemala. For the
last two years *Co-partners* and *LNE* have developed a model for a
scholarship program for rural girls [and]{.underline} boys that combines
scholarships and mentoring. ODW funding of the current project would
greatly expand both the scholarship and mentoring components. The
mentoring program will include life skills, study skills, and a program
office where students could study or consult with the program
coordinator.

**Women's development:** The *Co-partners/LNE* program is unique in that
it is administered by a community women's organization whose members
live in the same communities as the scholarship recipients. The
scholarship program not only supports the students, it brings their
mothers or female community leaders into the education process and gives
them opportunities for development and leadership.

Development projects are often set up to meet the needs of administering
organizations as much as the needs of the beneficiaries. Because
administering organizations must justify and pay their staff,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) often provide functions that can
be performed by community members. Beneficiaries may remain in dependent
positions and not learn to maintain programs once funding and outside
support cease.

The use of volunteers who empower beneficiaries avoids this confusion of
interests. The *Co-partners* methodology fosters leadership and
organizational development among women who in the past, due to cultural
barriers, have not received the benefits of development projects.
Educational programs that benefit their children are ideal for women to
exercise nascent leadership. With coaching and practice, rural women can
run and sustain organizations that provide a forum for advocating for
their own and their children's needs. *Co-partners'/LNE's* empowerment
of women to found, run, and sustain their own training/learning
organizations is unique among Salvadoran NGOs.

**Community support:** Since establishment *LNE* has had excellent
community support. The Catholic Church and the Cultural Center have
donated meeting space. The mayor supported the program in establishment
of legal status for *LNE*. Based on this history, a continued high level
of community support can be expected.

# Project Beneficiaries

# Beneficiaries are socioeconomically disadvantaged Salvadoran boys and girls from rural, farming communities surrounding a market town located 1½ hours travel from San Salvador. The youth (ages 10-18) live in small, agrarian communities at a distance of ½ - 4 hours' walk from Ilobasco, El Salvador. They are Spanish-speaking, of mixed indigenous-Spanish descent, from families of 6-15 members with cash incomes of less than US\$1000 equivalent per year. Students' parents have from 0-2 years of education, while siblings often have 4-6 years of schooling. 

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|                 | of**   | # Distan | number of     | number of     |
|                 |        | ce from  | inhabitants   | eligible and  |
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|                 |        |          |               | 10% of the    |
|                 |        | ##### Ki |               | under 18      |
|                 |        | lometers |               | population**  |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 1\. Asacualpa   | 400    | 4        | 40% / 160     | 16            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 2\. Buenos      | 400    | 10       | 50% / 200     | 20            |
| Aires           |        |          |               |               |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 3.Calera        | 600    | 20       | 50% / 300     | 30            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 4\. El Carmen   | 1,000  | 12       | 50% / 500     | 50            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 5\. El Limon    | 300    | 2        | 60% / 180     | 18            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 6\. Hoyos\*     | 2000   | 6        | 50% / 1000    | 100           |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 7\. Huertas\*   | 2,000  | 7        | 40% / 800     | 80            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 8\. Isletas     | 150    | 8        | 40% / 60      | 6             |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 9\. Menjivar    | 2300   | 2.5      | 40% / 920     | 92            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 10\. Minas      | 450    | 6        | 40% / 180     | 18            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 11\. Peñas      | 1000   | 1.5      | 60% / 600     | 60            |
| Blancas\*       |        |          |               |               |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 12\. Quesera\*  | 1000   | 6        | 50% / 500     | 50            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 13\. Queserita  | 400    | 4        | 50% / 200     | 20            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 14\. San Luis   | 1000   | 10       | 40% / 400     | 40            |
| El Granal       |        |          |               |               |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 15\. San        | 400    | 2        | 60% / 240     | 24            |
| Vicente         |        |          |               |               |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 16\. Santa      | 400    | 17       | 50% / 200     | 20            |
| Maria Los       |        |          |               |               |
| Milagros        |        |          |               |               |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 17\. Tepeyac\*  | 400    | 8        | 50% / 200     | 20            |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| 18\. Toruno     | 150    | 22       | 50% / 75      | 8             |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+
|                 |        |          |               | 672 potential |
|                 |        |          |               | scholarship   |
|                 |        |          |               | recipients    |
+-----------------+--------+----------+---------------+---------------+

1.  How will they benefit from this project?

    **Short-term benefits**: Scholarship recipients will benefit by
    receiving three additional years of formal education, life skills
    training, and income generating skills to finance education when the
    program ends. For some this will mean completing 7^th^ grade, for
    others it will mean completing a bachillerato, the equivalent of a
    high school diploma. Participants will be strongly encouraged and
    given the skills to complete the bachillerato.

    **Long-term benefits:** Whether or not they finish the equivalent of
    high school, students' three additional years of education will
    increase their future earning potential, make them better future
    parents, who are more able to keep their children healthy and more
    likely to send them to school.

    Efforts will be made to engage graduates in promoting education to
    younger children in their communities. The scholarship program, by
    enabling a large number of students from a small area to exceed the
    usual years of schooling, will increase communities' appreciation of
    schooling and have a positive influence on school attendance
    patterns of local children in the future.

2.  How will the beneficiaries be involved in the planning and
    implementation of the project?

Representative, current and former, scholarship beneficiaries will
participate in an Advisory Committee that will meet monthly to oversee
implementation, monitor progress, and address emerging issues.

Representatives from the following groups will also be part of the
committee:

-   the parent/coordinators who administer and supervise the program in
    each community

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-   the Ilobasco private sector

-   the Catholic Church

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-   the Ministry of Education

The advisory committee will meet monthly to monitor progress and solve
evolving issues. The Ilobasco coordinator will convene and support
advisory committee meetings. The proposed Ilobasco project coordinator
is a former beneficiary of the *Co-partners/LNE* program who has
graduated from high school.

3.  How will the project promote for Salvadoran youth the desired youth
    outcomes of Confidence, Character, Connection, and Competence?

**Confidence:**

> **Self-worth**: Scholarship recipients will sign a contract outlining
> responsibilities they will incur as program participants. The actual
> contract will be developed by the advisory committee, but it will
> include such things as regular attendance, completing homework
> assignments, class participation, helping other scholarship students
> with their work, seeking help when encountering difficulty, and
> continuing life-long learning.
>
> **Mastery and future**: The program will be conducted using the slogan
> "*Gradua te*" and will carry the expectation that participants will
> finish high school. The orientation and monthly support sessions will
> give and reinforce information on the relationship between education
> and earning levels.

**Character:**

#### Responsibility and autonomy: The initial orientation and subsequent monthly meetings will emphasize principles of accountability.

#### Spirituality and Self-awareness: Sessions on individual differences in talents and abilities will be included in quarterly meetings. *LNE*, although not a church organization, has met for five years in the parish house of Ilobasco's largest church. Church support has been, and will continue to be, important to the project.

**Connection:**

> **Safety and structure:** Because additional years of education
> increase an individual's earning power, they increase his/her ability
> to meet the basic needs of self and family.

#### Membership and belonging: The program, organized through a community coordinator, will emphasize the community connection essential to long range project impact. The program will reinforce a sense of membership in the group of scholarship recipients and in the community of origin.

> **Competence:** **Civic and social, Cultural, Physical Health,
> Emotional health, Intellectual and Employability:** The proposed
> program promotes most directly intellectual competence and
> employability. The other competencies are included in the curriculum
> and will be covered in the group support sessions. Program discussions
> will include civic leadership, health, sanitation, child care,
> personal appearance, and job-seeking skills.

# Project Implementation

1.  What specific activities will you carry out to accomplish the
    objectives of your project? (Describe the major activities,
    including proposed completion dates for each, where, with whom,
    etc.)

The time line below is for Year 1: September 2000-August 2001 (Time
lines for years 2 and 3 will be parallel to that of year 1)

+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| **Activity**     | **Time       | **Lo     | **Parti   | **Resp    |
|                  | Period**     | cation** | cipants** | onsible** |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Select       | September    | I        | Committee | Co        |
|     advisory     | 2000 and     | lobasco, | members   | ordinator |
|     committee    | once monthly | El       |           |           |
|     members &    | thereafter   | Salvador |           | Director  |
|     convene      |              |          |           |           |
|     meeting.     |              |          |           | C         |
|     Orient       |              |          |           | onsultant |
|     committee.   |              |          |           |           |
|     Establish    |              |          |           |           |
|     monthly      |              |          |           |           |
|     meeting.     |              |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Establish    | September    | I        | If in the | Co        |
|     program      |              | lobasco, | Paroquia, | ordinator |
|                  |              | El       | the       |           |
|   office/student |              | Salvador | priest.   | Director  |
|     study center |              |          |           |           |
|     in donated   |              |          | If in the | C         |
|     location     |              |          | Cultural  | onsultant |
|                  |              |          | center,   |           |
|                  |              |          | the       |           |
|                  |              |          | director. |           |
|                  |              |          |           |           |
|                  |              |          | If in the |           |
|                  |              |          | school    |           |
|                  |              |          | building, |           |
|                  |              |          | the       |           |
|                  |              |          | director. |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Purchase     | September    | I        |           | Co        |
|     laptops to   |              | lobasco, |           | ordinator |
|     be used in   |              | El       |           |           |
|     office/study |              | Salvador |           | Director  |
|     center       |              |          |           |           |
|                  |              |          |           | C         |
|                  |              |          |           | onsultant |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Verify that  | September    | Ministry | Ministry  | Co        |
|     cla          |              | of       | Officials | ordinator |
| ssrooms/teachers |              | Ed       |           |           |
|     will be      |              | ucation, |           | Director  |
|     sufficient   |              | Sesu     |           |           |
|     to           |              | ntepeque |           | C         |
|     accommodate  |              |          |           | onsultant |
|     additional   |              |          |           |           |
|     students     |              |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Design       | September    | I        | Advisory  | Co        |
|     community    |              | lobasco, | c         | ordinator |
|     survey and   |              | El       | ommittee, |           |
|     program      |              | Salvador | community | Director  |
|     brochure     |              |          | coo       |           |
|                  |              |          | rdinators | C         |
|                  |              |          |           | onsultant |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Plan the     | September    |          | Advisory  |           |
|     orientation  |              |          | committee |           |
|     program and  |              |          |           |           |
|     monthly      |              |          |           |           |
|     meetings for |              |          |           |           |
|     selected     |              |          |           |           |
|     scholarship  |              |          |           |           |
|     recipients   |              |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Interview    | September    | I        | Co        | Co        |
|     and select   |              | lobasco, | ordinator | ordinator |
|     fac          |              | El       |           |           |
| ilitator/trainer |              | Salvador | Director  | Director  |
|     to run       |              |          |           |           |
|     support      |              |          |           | C         |
|     groups       |              |          |           | onsultant |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Conduct      | September-   | Hoyos,   | Community | Co        |
|     community    | October      | Huertas, | coo       | ordinator |
|     surveys to   |              | Peñas    | rdinators |           |
|     identify     |              | Blancas, |           | Director  |
|     potential    |              | Quesera, |           |           |
|     scholarship  |              | Tepeyac  |           |           |
|     recipients   |              | and      |           |           |
|                  |              | seven    |           |           |
|                  |              | other    |           |           |
|                  |              | selected |           |           |
|                  |              | com      |           |           |
|                  |              | munities |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Select and   | November     | Ilobasco | Advisory  | Co        |
|     notify       |              | and      | Committee | ordinator |
|     scholarship  |              | com      | and       |           |
|     recipients   |              | munities | Community |           |
|                  |              |          | coo       |           |
|                  |              |          | rdinators |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Schedule the | December     | Ilobasco | Teache    | Co        |
|     orientation  |              |          | r/trainer | ordinator |
|     program and  |              |          |           |           |
|     monthly      |              |          |           | Teache    |
|     meetings for |              |          |           | r/trainer |
|     selected     |              |          |           |           |
|     scholarship  |              |          |           |           |
|     recipients   |              |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Notify       | December     | Com      | Community | Co        |
|                  |              | munities | coo       | ordinator |
|    beneficiaries |              |          | rdinators |           |
|     of award and |              |          |           |           |
|     orientation  |              |          |           |           |
|     time/date    |              |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Conduct      | January      | Ilobasco | Sc        | Co        |
|     scholarship  |              |          | holarship | ordinator |
|     orientation  |              |          | r         |           |
|     and study    |              |          | ecipients | Teache    |
|     skills       |              |          |           | r/trainer |
|     training     |              |          |           |           |
|                  |              |          |           | C         |
|                  |              |          |           | onsultant |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Begin        | January      | Ilobasco | Community | Co        |
|     disbursement |              |          | coor      | ordinator |
|     of           |              |          | dinators, |           |
|     scholarships |              |          | sc        |           |
|                  |              |          | holarship |           |
|                  |              |          | r         |           |
|                  |              |          | ecipients |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Conduct      | Monthly      | Ilobasco | Sc        | Co        |
|     monthly      |              |          | holarship | ordinator |
|     support      |              |          | r         |           |
|     group        |              |          | ecipients | Teache    |
|     meetings     |              |          |           | r/trainer |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Conduct      | June         | Ilobasco | Benef     | C         |
|     evaluation   |              |          | iciaries, | onsultant |
|     of first six |              |          | community |           |
|     months of    |              |          | coor      |           |
|     program      |              |          | dinators, |           |
|     operation.   |              |          |           |           |
|     Plan         |              |          | Advisory  |           |
|     changes.     |              |          | committee |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Collect      | April, July, | I        | Sc        | Co        |
|     attendance   | October      | lobasco/ | holarship | ordinator |
|     and grade    |              |          | re        |           |
|     repots as a  |              | com      | cipients, |           |
|     condition    |              | munities | community |           |
|     for further  |              |          | coo       |           |
|     scholarship  |              |          | rdinators |           |
|                  |              |          |           |           |
|    participation |              |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Begin survey | September    | Com      | Community | Co        |
|     of 8 new     | 2001         | munities | coo       | ordinator |
|     communities  |              |          | rdinators |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Repeat cycle | September    |          |           |           |
|                  | 2001-August  |          |           |           |
|                  | 2002         |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+
| -   Repeat cycle | September    |          |           |           |
|                  | 2002-August  |          |           |           |
|                  | 2003         |          |           |           |
+------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+

2.  How will each side of the partnership be involved in the
    implementation?

### Co-partners will:

-   Provide volunteer technical assistance by a U.S. expert:

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-   Two weeks for program start-up. (September 2000)

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-   Two weeks for program initiation (January 2001)

-   Two weeks for program evaluation and planning (June/July 2001)

-   Provide twice-monthly, program supervision by the volunteer
    Salvadoran Director

> *La Nueva Esperanza* will:

-   Provide community coordinators who will:

-   Survey communities to identify eligible youth

-   Monitor beneficiaries to ensure that they attend school

-   Act as trouble shooters at the community level

3.  What other local individuals, organizations and/or agencies will be
    involved in your project activities?

-   The Ministry of Education will provide sufficient teachers and
    classrooms to accommodate the additional students

-   La Parochia San Miguel, the largest church in Ilobasco, will
    continue to provide meeting space.

-   The church, the cultural center or the Ministry of Education will
    provide a project office.

-   Town (Ilobasco) leaders will participate in the advisory committee

4.  What are your plans for continuing the project after these funds are
    spent?

### The program will be continued on three levels: 

### **International:** Co-partners has raised approximately \$2000 a year for the last three years from private contributors to support educational programs for girls and women in Ilobasco. Co-partners has a goal of increasing funding by \$1000 per year. With this anticipated expansion, by 2003, Co-partners will be able to contribute \$6000 annually to continue the project. 

### **National:** A Salvadoran educational organization that funded 15 scholarships in 1999 has committed to continue and increase its contribution in 2000. Additional Salvadoran institutions and individuals will be approached to match contributions coming from the U.S. 

> **Individual:** Scholarship recipients ages 14-18 will receive
> training in seeking part-time jobs or developing small businesses to
> finance their continued education.

# Project Evaluation

1.  What results do you anticipate from this project? (How will you know
    if the project is successful?)

-   10 rural high school-age students will reenroll in school and
    graduate with a bachillerato

-   40 rural middle-school students will reenroll in school and complete
    three additional grades

-   200 rural elementary students whose schools end with 4^th^ or 6^th^
    grade will enroll in 5^th^, ^,^6^th^, or 7^th^ grades and complete
    three additional years of school.

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-   Students will have sufficient income generation skills to continue
    their education

2.  What information will you collect and how?

The US Project Director, Salvadoran Associate Director, Salvadoran
Coordinator and local Volunteers will conduct annual project
self-evaluations that include scholarship recipients, community
coordinators, and school staff. Results will be reported to the Advisory
committee, the *Co-partners'* Board and the grant-giving organization.
The Co-partners' Board of Directors will oversee project performance
through virtual meetings.

The following records will be maintained:

-   Minutes of advisory committee meetings

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-   Records of all scholarship disbursements

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-   Attendance and grade reports for each student three times a year

-   Type of student income producing activity and approximate amount
    earned annually

# Proposed Project Budget (Due to start-up complexities, 150 scholarships are planned for year 1 and 250 for years 2 and 3. *Co-partners/LNE* will continue to provide training, scholarships and school supplies valued at approximately \$2,000 that have been a part of their program to date. Those contributions are included in this budget as a lump sum to avoid confusion.)

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<td><h5 id="section"></h5></td>
<td colspan="4"><h5 id="year-1">Year 1</h5></td>
<td colspan="4">Years 2 and 3</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td><h5 id="item">Item</h5></td>
<td><strong>Projected Assistance Funds Required</strong></td>
<td><strong>Other Financial Contributions</strong></td>
<td><strong>In-Kind Contributions</strong></td>
<td><h5 id="totals">Totals</h5>
<p>Year 1</p></td>
<td><strong>Projected Assistance Funds Required</strong></td>
<td><strong>Other Financial Contributions</strong></td>
<td><strong>In-Kind Contributions</strong></td>
<td><h5 id="totals-1">Totals</h5>
<p>Year 2 or 3</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>1</td>
<td>Volunteer US education consultant</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>30 days @ $332 per day = $9960</td>
<td>$9960</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>20 days @ $348.50 =$6,970</td>
<td>$6970</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>2</td>
<td>Volunteer Salvadoran Director</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>38 days @ $ 25 per day = $950</td>
<td>$ 950</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>38 days @ $26.25 per day=$997.50</td>
<td>$997.50</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>3</td>
<td>Ilobasco Coordinator’s Salary (half-time)</td>
<td>$200 x 14 (12 months + 2 bonuses) = $2800</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$2800</td>
<td>$210 x 14 (12 months + 2 bonuses) = $2940</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$2940</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>4</td>
<td><h2 id="community-coordinators">Community Coordinators</h2></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>12 coordinators x 14 days = 168 days @ $3 per day = $504</td>
<td>$504</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>20 coordinators x 14 days @ $3.15 per day = $882</td>
<td>$882</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>5</td>
<td><h2 id="roundtrip-airfares-for-us-education-consultant">3 roundtrip
airfares for US education consultant</h2></td>
<td>3 airfares @ $500 each = $1500</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$1500</td>
<td>2 airfares @ $500 each = $1,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$1000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>6</td>
<td><h2
id="transportation-costs-for-salvadoran-director-ilobasco-and-community-coordinators">Transportation
costs for Salvadoran director, Ilobasco and community
coordinators</h2></td>
<td>$500</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$500</td>
<td>$525</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$525</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>7</td>
<td><h2
id="material-support-elementary-school-transportation-scholarships">Material
Support: Elementary School Transportation Scholarships</h2></td>
<td>150 new scholarships @ $100 per student = $15,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$15,000</td>
<td>250 total scholarships @ $80 per student = $20,000 *</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$20,000</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td>8</td>
<td><h2 id="laptops-and-1-printer-for-ilobasco-program-office">2 Laptops
and 1 printer for Ilobasco program office</h2></td>
<td>$2,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>9</td>
<td><h2 id="administrative">Administrative </h2>
<p>Costs: <em>Co-partners/LNE</em></p></td>
<td>$2, 850</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$3,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>10</td>
<td>150 School Supplies Packages</td>
<td>150 school supplies packages, 5 @ $75 and 140 @ $5 =$1075</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$1075</td>
<td>250 school supplies packages, 10 at $75 and 240 @ $5 = $1950</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$1950</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>11</td>
<td>Materials and refreshments for orientation and monthly training
sessions</td>
<td>$200</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$200</td>
<td>$210</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$210</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>12</td>
<td>Space for Program office</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$200 per month for 12 months = $2400</td>
<td>$2400</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$210 per month for 12 months = $2520</td>
<td>$2520</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>13</td>
<td>Space for training sessions: (students divided into 10 groups
meeting on 4 occasions)</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$50 per day for 13 days = $650</td>
<td>$650</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$52.50 per day for 13 days = $682.50</td>
<td>$682.50</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>14</td>
<td>Continuation of current <em>Co-partners/LNE program</em></td>
<td></td>
<td>$2,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td></td>
<td>Totals</td>
<td>$25,925</td>
<td>$2,000</td>
<td>$14,464</td>
<td>$42,389</td>
<td>$29,625</td>
<td>$2,000</td>
<td>$12,052</td>
<td>$43,677</td>
</tr>
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-   Scholarships are valued at \$100 the first year and \$80 the second
    year because second and third year students are expected to cover an
    increased amount of their own expenses.