Each year, Asla strives to award many scholarships to youth in need so they can attend high school and college.

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Great news – at the end of the 2024 school year in December, 25 Asla-supported students graduated from high school and college! Sixteen students graduated from high school and all but one of them have gone on to college. Nine graduated from college with their degrees in Engineering, Radiology, Accounting, Veterinary Medicine, Physical Education,, and Teaching. Nola reports that most are looking for jobs, one is working as an instructor at an education center, and another in administration at a factory. A few of our students left the program this year, most to emigrate; others left to work so they can help their parents feed their families.  

The 2025 school year has just begun in February, and we’re happy to report the following:

  • Total Scholarships Provided in 2025: 168

  • New Scholarship Students: 24

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 144

  • Students attending College: 89

  • Students attending High School: 79

Money raised this year so far: $54,400 – Our costs for scholarships this year is $55,830, so we are very close to meeting our goal! We’re working to raise this difference. 

Thanks to everyone for your support of our Nicaragua scholarship students! 

History

2024

Total Scholarships Provided in 2024: 164

  • New Scholarship Students: 17

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 147

  • Students attending College: 84

  • Students attending High School: 80

  • Students who graduated from college at the end of 2023: 8 (degrees in Teaching, Veterinary medicine, English, Chemistry, Natural Sciences, and Pharmacology!)

  • Money raised this year: $44,500

2023

  • Total Scholarships Provided in 2023: 170

  • New Scholarship Students: 47

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 123

  • Students attending College: 77

  • Students attending High School: 93

  • Money raised this year: $53,700

2022

  • Total Scholarships Provided in 2022: 142

  • New Scholarship Students: 45

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 97

  • Students attending College: 65

  • Students attending High School: 77

  • Students who graduated from college at end of 2021: 8 (degrees in a Nursing, Public Accounting & Finance, Psychology, English, Dentistry, Physics, and Bioanalysis)

  • Money raised this year: $48,400

2021

  • Total Scholarships Provided in 2021: 124

  • New Scholarship Students: 39

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 85

  • Students attending College: 60

  • Students attending High School: 25

  • Students who graduated from college at end of 2020: 15 (degrees in agricultural engineering, nursing, medicine, education and english)

  • Money raised this year: $52,350

2020

Total Scholarships Provided in 2020: 115

  • New Scholarship Students: 42

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 73

  • Students attending College: 73

  • Students attending High School: 42

  • Students who graduated from college at end of 2019: 4 (degrees in English, Nursing. Air Transit Control, and Agricultural Engineering)

2018

  • Total Scholarships Provided in 2018: 100

  • New Scholarship Students: 15

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 75

  • Students attending College: 72

  • Students attending High School: 28

  • Students who graduated from college at end of 2017: 9 (degrees in education, business administration, engineering, and nursing)

  • Money raised this year: $42,500

2017

  • Total Scholarships Provided in 2017: 110

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 110

  • Students attending College: 65

  • Students attending High School: 45

  • Students who graduated from college at end of 2016: 14 (degrees in education, economics, agricultural engineering, and nursing)

  • Money raised this year: $38,500

 

2016

  • Total scholarships Provided in 2016: 138

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 118

  • New Scholarship Recipients: 20

  • Students attending College: 88

  • Students attending High School: 50

  • Students who graduated from College at end of 2015: 14

  • Money raised this year: $38,000

 

2015

  • Total scholarships Provided in 2015: 122

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 102

  • New Scholarship Recipients: 20

  • Students attending College: 75

  • Students attending High School: 47

  • Students who graduated from College at end of 2014: 10

  • Money raised this year: $32,550

2014

  • Total scholarships Provided in 2014: 113

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 76

  • New Scholarship Recipients: 37

  • Students attending College: 54

  • Students attending High School: 59

  • Students who graduated from College at end of 2013: 5

  • Money raised this year: $29,700

2013

  • Total scholarships Provided in 2013: 90

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 71

  • New Scholarship Recipients: 19

  • Students attending College: 51

  • Students attending High School: 39

  • Students who graduated from College at end of 2012: 6

  • Money raised: $23,900

2010

  • Total scholarships Provided in 2010: 58

  • Returning Scholarship Students: 34

  • New Scholarship Recipients: 24

  • Students attending College: 27

  • Students attending High School: 31

2009

  • In 2009 donations to the Asla Foundation exceeded $10,000.

  • 40 kids were provided with a scholarship.

2001 - Our FIRST YEAR!

  • In 2001 donations to the Asla Foundation were $2,000.

  • 20 youth were provided with a scholarship.

History – Since the foundING of the Asla Foundation

  • 90 College graduates to date

  • Over 450 students who have received a scholarship.

  • College graduates are now working as nurses, teachers, pharmacists, engineers, shop-keepers and in other professions.