The best gifts aren’t found under a tree—they’re found in the infinite opportunities afforded those students whose lives are being transformed through education and mentoring with the Monarch Effect Foundation.

This Christmas, help us keep the spirit of giving alive. Every week we meet Los Cabos students who are determined and desperate to go to university and being held back by the lack of financial assistance. We need your help to make their dream a reality. Share our newsletter, make a monthly contribution, or volunteer in our mentoring programs - every action creates ripples of positive change.

🎁 Make a Gift of Education for Christmas

From our Monarch family to yours, we wish you a holiday season filled with warmth, love, and endless opportunities for growth.

Happy Holidays and a Bright New Year!

The Monarch Effect Foundation Team

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Our Mission

In Los Cabos, inspired, motivated and talented students from middle-class families cannot get financial support to help them achieve higher education. Charities with educational support only apply to the very poor. There are no student loans and very limited government assistance programs. The best schools are on the mainland which means students need to leave home which increases the costs substantially. The "privilege" of middle-class means the financial burden falls directly on the family with many sacrificing opportunities for students to continue as a result of this burden. Or, families must choose which of their children get to continue with university.

The Monarch Effect Foundation makes higher education a reality through sponsorship, mentoring, and community engagement. We exist to create a future where every inspired, motivated, and talented young student living in Los Cabos can unlock their full potential, has the opportunity and choice to attend top schools both in Mexico and abroad, and has community resources to support them.

The Monarch Effect Foundation does not just hand out financial support scholarships. Together with the parents and our community, we act as mentors for our students, provide life-coaching, seminars, workshops and one-on-one time to prepare them and support them throughout their study program. Every student and parent has "skin in the game", responsibility and accountability to the foundation.

The students and their families make a commitment to help support the long-term sustainability of the foundation with post-graduation financial contributions and return of service as mentors and ambassadors. Together we work to interconnect the greater Los Cabos community as a foundation network providing other mentoring resources, information, internships, and job experience. Our goal is to build a strong, skilled class of professional young adults stepping from their school careers back into to their home community to complete the circle and ensure longevity of the programs and scholarships.

Happy Holidays 2024

By Friends of Monarch Effect Foundation, Inc.

Happy Holidays 2024

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