The gift of brighter futures
Expanding education access in the developing world reduces global poverty, but tuition and supplies are expensive. The Unbound Scholarship Program can be the difference for students who feel forced to choose between continuing in school or dropping out due to challenges like:
- • Lack of access to remote learning technology
- • Limited earning opportunities to pay for school expenses
- • Pressure to drop out of school to provide immediate financial support to their families
Students who receive assistance through the Unbound Scholarship Program can continue pursuing higher education, the key to a path out of poverty.
How It Works
Both sponsored and non-sponsored students can apply for scholarships, and scholars may use funds to cover tuition, books, transportation, technology or any resources necessary to continue their education. In turn, scholars are required to:
Maintain good grades
Participate in community service
Serve as positive role models
"Unbound does not only give financial help. It actually passes the way of service before money. They make sure that you will learn something as you accept and receive your benefits."
-Nadine, Unbound scholar, Philippines
"I can say that the biggest change was when I became a scholarship holder. I used to be a really shy person. I had difficulties talking fluently during meetings or similar activities. I used to avoid those kinds of situations, but when I started as a scholarship holder I had to start working with the workshops for the teenagers and adults, so little by little it became easy for me to talk in front of people or manage small or big groups."
-Osmin, Unbound scholar, Costa Rica
"If I had not been given the support [from the Unbound Scholarship Program], I would not have been able to get to where I am now, and I would not be able to get from where I am now to where I will progress. …"
-Harvey, Unbound scholar, Guatemala
"What I've seen in the scholars is a great impact. We have scholars who have gone through the program and right now they are professionals. … We have teachers, we have lawyers, we have engineers, we have doctors. So … we have a lot of people or scholars achieving their dreams."
-Jackson Mutai, Unbound staff in Kisumu, Kenya