Sponsor a Student – Change a Life!
By sponsoring a student at Ak’ Tenamit’s Fr. Tom Moran Education Center, you can change a life. Our students are the first generation of their families to study beyond elementary school, and they are the best hope their families and communities have of climbing out of poverty. In addition to the basic high-school curriculum, the Moran Center helps indigenous children become self-reliant, productive members of their society and provides them with tools they need to help their people.

Students and their parents donate their labor for construction brigades and maintenance of the center. Students grow some of the food they eat, they sweep the halls, clean the bathrooms, etc. They also work at the project’s restaurants, which raise funds for the school. By the time they graduate from the Moran Center, students have the knowledge, skills and job experience to help them prosper and contribute to their communities and their country.

An annual student sponsorship costs just $360, which helps cover the cost of teacher salaries, school supplies, food, medicine, boat fuel and other expenses. A Sole Sponsorship for a boarding student costs $780 per year (actual cost is $1000 per year - the Ministry of Education provides a $250 per year subsidy for our 400 plus boarding students. You’ll receive a photo of your student, biographical information and newsletters keeping you informed of their progress. For less than $1 per day, you can have an enormous impact on a young person’s life. You can help somebody like Rosaria, whose parents never finished elementary school, but who was one of the first girls to graduate from the Moran Center:

Please click here to go to our secure "Sponsor A Student " donation form.