The impact comes from your gift being pooled with those of other donors, so that the Santa Luisa Elementary School in San Salvador, El Salvador, will have the needed funds to operate. The operating budget of Santa Luisa includes administrative salaries, school supplies, utilities, two meals a day for each child, medical/care/immunizations for each child, uniforms and textbooks.
The SCOPE Foundation assists by providing a financial gift to the Santa Luisa School each year, approximately $35,000 to cover operational expenses. This enables the school to stay financially solvent. The interest SCOPE earns on principal investments helps bridge this critical budget shortfall.
Sister Milagro seeks to collect $25 per student in tuition from their families. In reality, she often is only able to collect less than $14 per student per year. Many families cannot afford even this amount, and the nuns also do not turn down a family who wants to educate their children there.