LASPAU to Implement and Manage a New Scholarship Program for Haitian and Mexican Social Leaders
Summary
The objective of the new scholarship program is to empower local leaders by providing them with advanced educational opportunities and knowledge that will enable them to address social issues facing their communities.Special emphasis is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success.Cambridge, MA, March 14, 2014 --( PR.com )-- Over the next five years, LASPAU will implement and manage a new scholarship program for Haitian and Mexican social leaders to pursue graduate academic programs in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe in fields that have the greatest impact on community development, such as child development, food, health and wellbeing, education and learning, and family economic security.The project is funded by a $2.4 million grant from the W.K.Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan.The objective of the new scholarship program is to empower local leaders by providing them with advanced educational opportunities and knowledge that will enable them to address social issues facing their communities.Special emphasis is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success.