The Path to Success empowers youth to be change-makers in their communities.
The Path to Success program provides education, practical experience, and mentorship that is not found in schools. It provides opportunities and support to help young people reach their full potential.
Students have access to computers for on-line learning, and gain skills through their community service projects. They are assigned leadership roles and responsibilities that build their self confidence and communication skills.
To support a student on their Path to Success we offer full or partial sponsorships and scholarships. Sponsorships ($150 per month) are a great way to create a personal connection to a student. Sponsors get letters and photos and are invited to get to know the students they support.
Scholarship contributions of any amount of help fund the education of students who do not have direct sponsors.
Click below to become a sponsor or to contribute to our scholarship program.
Internships
Internships provide students an intensive path to deeper learning and assists them to meet their financial needs for schooling. By the end of the internship, students will have significantly improved writing skills, organizational ability, computer skills (keyboard and all essential programs), and have learned to set goals and complete a project. They emerge as confident and articulate young adults with the heart and mind to effect positive change in their lives and the lives of others.
Center for Achievement Scholars
Students in this program may be as young as 10 years old and may remain in the program throughout their school years. During vacations and holidays, they work intensively to achieve goals to improve computer skills, comprehension and use of English language, and become further attuned to CFA Core Values as they participate in community development projects. Scholars actively participate as teaching assistants for our summer day camp.
Key components of the Path to Success include:
- Long-term, one-to-one mentoring including school and home visits
- Individualized staff support through high school and college
- Practical internships designed to empower youth and impart leadership skills
- Year-round academic enrichment: discussion groups, summer and vacation programs and special workshops
- Educational resources, including individual tutoring and use of an onsite computer lab
- Career awareness activities
- Gender-specific programming: Young Men’s and Women’s discussion groups addressing topics to broaden thinking and improve understanding of themselves and others.
- Financial assistance to cover costs of schooling
Sample Accomplishments by Path Students:
- Initiated and run girls’ clubs in three communities (ongoing)
- Designed and carried out programs for summer camps (ongoing)
- Managed a project to bring clean water to a village serving 400 people (awaiting funding to assist in the next village)
- Taught communities and schools how to build simple hand-washing stations and wash hands properly (ongoing)