Educational Scholarship for Latinos
SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE
Historically, Venezuela was one of the highest-educated countries in Latin America. In 2014 when the effects of the economic and humanitarian crisis began to show, Venezuela started to experience a brain drain in which highly educated and skilled Venezuelans emigrated to neighboring countries as well as the U.S.
In a study titled "Venezolana Community Abroad: A New Method of Exile" by Thomas Páez, Mercedes Vivas, and Juan Rafael Pulido of the Central University of Venezuela, over 1.5 million Venezuelans, between 4% and 6% of Venezuela's population, left the country following the Bolivarian Revolution; more than 90% of those who left were college graduates, with 40% of them holding a Master's degree and 12% having doctorates and/or post doctorates.
Venezuela's Voice in Oregon highlights educational attainment as one of our three foundational pillars. As a feminist and inclusive organization we believe access to education is a right for Venezuelan and other Latina women in Oregon. Therefore, since 2017, our organization has donated $21,000 towards the Latino/Hispanic College Student Scholarship in collaboration with the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber. Our scholarships have supported several Latina women living in Oregon. See their photos below.
In a study titled "Venezolana Community Abroad: A New Method of Exile" by Thomas Páez, Mercedes Vivas, and Juan Rafael Pulido of the Central University of Venezuela, over 1.5 million Venezuelans, between 4% and 6% of Venezuela's population, left the country following the Bolivarian Revolution; more than 90% of those who left were college graduates, with 40% of them holding a Master's degree and 12% having doctorates and/or post doctorates.
Venezuela's Voice in Oregon highlights educational attainment as one of our three foundational pillars. As a feminist and inclusive organization we believe access to education is a right for Venezuelan and other Latina women in Oregon. Therefore, since 2017, our organization has donated $21,000 towards the Latino/Hispanic College Student Scholarship in collaboration with the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber. Our scholarships have supported several Latina women living in Oregon. See their photos below.
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2017: $2,5002018: $1,5002020: $6,500 to a total of 6 Latina students in Oregon2021: $1,500 to 1 Latina student in Oregon |
2022: $7,000 to a total of 7 Latina students in Oregon
2023: $2,000 to a total of 2 Latina students in Oregon
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Scholarships to Venezuela
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We’re also committed to supporting students living in Venezuela. First, we continually support a professional group of students that annually participate in an intercollegiate design competition run by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). In the competition, Baja SAE, a team from the Universidad Simón Bolivar (in Caracas), build small off-road cars and compete against international teams of students. They have traveled to Washington and New York states to compete for the past 4 years.
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Relevo Venezuela is a non-profit that has worked for the past five years closely with the community in El Hatillo (a suburb of Caracas) offering Saturday classes to more than 150 young people studying for their baccalaureate, in order to reinforce their studies and, especially, prepare them to enter university. Relevo Venezuela has been able to become a civil association, allowing them to build bridges and alliances with many and more people who believe, like Relevo, that training is the main engine of progress and growth of the human being.
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