Help Buy Textbooks for Impoverished High School Students

After the success of the Pilot Project, RSA is now working to raise funds for the first and only high school in the impoverished community of La Carpio, Costa Rica.

For years, education in this community of 20,000 people has ended after middle school, and the over 300 students who graduate from La Carpio's only school each year are forced to halt their studies. While a small percentage of students are able to afford transporation to high schools ouside of the community, most cannot, and therefore never get the opportunity to study again.

Thanks to Carlos Sandoval Garcia and Karen Masis of the University of Costa Rica, THIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE! They have been working tirelessly over the past year to open La Carpio's first high school, allowing a new generation of youth to continue their studies and giving them hope for a better future. The school is scheduled to welcome its first class of 120 students in February, 2008.

But- WE NEED YOUR HELP! RSA has pledged to donate $1000 to the first class of students so that they can have textbooks and school supplies. If you are moved to donate to our cause in this season of giving, please click the "ChipIn!" button above. Thank you!