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Scholarship Program
The Southern Environmental Association (SEA) is a newly created non-governmental organization, developed when two longstanding conservation organizations, Friends of Nature (FON) and the Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism and Empowerment (TASTE) merged to ensure improved community involvement in the conservation and co-management of the natural resources in Southern Belize. SEA co-manages three important marine protected areas in Southern Belize: Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve, the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve and the Laughing Bird Caye National Park.
In 2003 the Southern Environmental Association known then as Friends of Nature (FON) having realized that “With youths lies the future and sound education in success,” conceived the idea of a scholarship fund. In hard times, when there is a lack of employment affecting a country such as Belize and the poverty level is high, it is almost impossible for some parents in Southern Belize to find the necessary financial resources to give their child a secondary school education. Books, uniforms, transportation and tuition alone cost more than $600 USD per year. In instances students dropped out of school just to help their parents sustain their family. Taking into consideration the barriers, SEA has maintained a scholarship program since 2003 and is currently looking to expand and reach out to many needy students who deserve a secondary school education.
We are aiming to fund at least 20 new scholarship students for the academic year 2011-2012. Many thanks for showing interest in the scholarship program.
