Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Joyce P. Miller DNP,RN
Abstract
Educating young women offers significant benefits to societies, including economic progress and improved health outcomes. Despite the benefit, many girls around the world lack access and opportunity to education. The Rochester, Minnesota 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Hands For Humanity, addresses this inequity through offering a college scholarship program for young Ecuadorian women living in Portoviejo, Manabi province, Ecuador. Hands For Humanity collaborates with Ecuadorian teachers and business leaders to select high-achieving students with a financial need. Currently there are six young women completing their college education with the help of the scholarship. Due to rising tuition costs and extended academic program lengths, fundraising efforts have had to increase to further expand and sustain the program. The scholarship program is explored using the application of Leininger's theory and sunrise model addressing philanthropy, empowerment, education as a social determinant of health, opportunity, and relationships.
Identifier
SC 11.MAN.2013.Hanson.H
Recommended Citation
Hanson, Holly, "Education and Opportuntty: Creating a Scholarship Program in Ecuador" (2013). Theses and Graduate Projects. 1502.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/1502