The Nosara Educational Scholarship and Financial Aid Association is a private, non-profit Costa Rican association. Founded in 2007, the Nosara Scholarship Association strives to provide a memorable education to children who may not have the ability to dream big. Currently we provide full and partial scholarships for 16 students to attend Del Mar Academy, a private, bilingual, non-sectarian school. The Nosara Scholarship Association is a separate entity from Del Mar Academy, and in all endeavors it complies with Costa Rican law as it governs non-profit organizations.
Read our mission statement below.
Read our mission statement below.
Fundada en 2007, la Asociación de Becas de Nosara se esfuerza por proporcionar una educación memorable para los niños que pueden no tener la capacidad de soñar en grande. Somos una asociación costarricense privada, sin fines de lucro, y operamos como una entidad separada de la escuela a la que servimos. Cumplimos con la ley costarricense ya que el gobierno controla las organizaciones sin fines de lucro. La Asociación es administrada, casi en su totalidad, por voluntarios, por lo que cada dólar donado se destina a la matrícula de un niño, comidas, uniformes y útiles escolares. Hoy son 16 los estudiantes recibiendo becas totales o parciales para atender Del mar Academy.
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Del Mar Academy is a non-profit, non-sectarian, co-educational day school with a culturally and economically diverse student population. At present, Del Mar Academy serves families with children as young as 18 months and up to 12th grade and integrates both the Montessori philosophy and International Baccalaureate curriculum. It is now an accredited IB World School, offering the Diploma Years program for 11th and 12th grade. Del Mar Academy is committed to academic excellence, bilingualism, environmental education, creativity, ethics, leadership, the joy of learning, and love for life. The school fosters both independence and a sense of belonging to and responsibility toward a larger community, so that students come to believe in their power to make positive changes.
Situado en la zona rural de Nosara, Costa Rica, la academia Del Mar, asociacion sin fines de lucro es una experiencia educativa como ninguna otra. Del Mar Academy ofrece un plan de estudios con influencia Montessori, expone a los estudiantes a los idiomas español e inglés, y ofrece el Programa de Diploma de Bachillerato Internacional. La Academia Del Mar está comprometida con la excelencia académica, el bilingüismo, la educación ambiental, la creatividad, la ética, el liderazgo y el amor a la vida.
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Amigos of Costa Rica is a non-profit that raises charitable donations to support sustainable change in Costa Rica through four areas of action: education, competitive capacities building, environmental conservancy, and science and technology. Amigos of Costa Rica was incorporated in 2000 as a 501(c)(3) organization as a supporting organization of the COSTA RICA – USA Foundation for Cooperation (CRUSA). All of its efforts are focused on building an empowered and sustainable Costa Rica by cultivating a spirit of community participation and philanthropy.
Gifts to Friends of Nosara are deductible as charitable contributions by US taxpayers. |
Our Mission
Our mission is to use education to lift a child, and his or her family, out of poverty in rural Costa Rica. Today we provide 16 full and partial scholarships for local children of Nosara to attend Del Mar Academy, a private bilingual school with Montessori program in the lower grades and International Baccalaureate accreditation for the diploma years, located in Nosara, Costa Rica.
Less than 50% of children in Costa Rica finish high school, and among those who do, their education is sub-standard. Many schools are so underfunded and overcrowded that children only attend a half-day, and often not a full week. Generation after generation continues to live in poverty, bouncing among low-paying jobs - or no jobs at all - in order to support extended family.
The Scholarship Association offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a child to receive a high-quality, bilingual education that will lead to college, and one day soon, a professional career. This shift in one family member receiving a quality education creates a ripple effect, creating a passion for education for future generations.
With two of our scholarship recipients in their last year of the Diploma Program of the International Baccalaureate, already we can see the promise of our high school scholarship students and their bright futures. One education can truly make a difference.
Less than 50% of children in Costa Rica finish high school, and among those who do, their education is sub-standard. Many schools are so underfunded and overcrowded that children only attend a half-day, and often not a full week. Generation after generation continues to live in poverty, bouncing among low-paying jobs - or no jobs at all - in order to support extended family.
The Scholarship Association offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a child to receive a high-quality, bilingual education that will lead to college, and one day soon, a professional career. This shift in one family member receiving a quality education creates a ripple effect, creating a passion for education for future generations.
With two of our scholarship recipients in their last year of the Diploma Program of the International Baccalaureate, already we can see the promise of our high school scholarship students and their bright futures. One education can truly make a difference.
Contact Us
dmabecas@gmail.com
Nosara Education Scholarship and Financial Aid Association
P.O. Box 130 Guanacaste, Nicoya, Nosara - Code 5233 Costa Rica
P.O. Box 130 Guanacaste, Nicoya, Nosara - Code 5233 Costa Rica