Scholarships

Mano en Mano offers financial assistance to students so that they may achieve their higher education goals. One of these scholarships Mano en Mano currently provides is the Julia Robiola Gigena Memorial Scholarship; the other is a scholarship for the Intensive English Institute at the University of Maine in Orono.

Julia Robiola Gigena Memorial Scholarship
Initial Applications Due May 9, 2016 / Renewal Applications Due June 1

We strongly encourage applicants to contact Scholarship Coordinator Bethany Woods (bwoods@manomaine.org // 207-370-1583) about their intention to apply and with any questions regarding the application process. 

Scholarship Mission Statement
This scholarship was established to provide financial aid to students from Washington County, Maine, who self-identify as Latino and who wish to pursue a two or four year college or university degree. 

 About the Scholarship
Julia Robiola Gigena
1942-1976

Julia was a Chilean national but a citizen of the world.  She spoke Spanish, English, French and Italian fluently.  She saw herself as a servant attending to others needs.  She was patient, determined, passionate and self-disciplined.  Her sense of humor was captivating, her intelligence was brilliant.  Her entire life was molded by her intense faith in a God she saw as a personal friend.

Julia was an artist and, out of stone and clay, sculpted small children happily playing.  She was a musician, a poet, a nurse and a freedom fighter.  Through her art and work she built her influence into others’ character.  She always gave the gift of self.

She left behind two tiny children when her life tragically ended far too early.  She also left behind many people whose lives were forever changed by knowing and loving her.

It is the hope that this scholarship in her memory will allow her ideas and ideals to live on and help the recipient to be able to say at the end, “The dream is true.”

 

Intensive English Institute
Mano en Mano awards scholarships to the Intensive English Institute at the University of Maine in Orono for four weeks of intensive English lessons and also helps students prepare for the TOEFL exam.  The month on Orono’s campus provides students with a taste of college life, lets them test themselves at advanced coursework, and helps bring their English language skills to a level necessary to continue their education.
Applications due May 15

Additional Scholarship Information