St.\nJuan, April 25, 2019<\/strong> - The Hispanic Federation Puerto Rico Recovery and\nRelief Fund<\/em><\/strong>, fund, established after Hurricane Maria and administered by\nby the Puerto Rico Community Foundation\nRico<\/strong> (FCPR), awarded 214 scholarships to students studying at public and private universities in Puerto Rico.\nand private universities in Puerto Rico. Young students from 58 towns on the island\nfrom 58 towns on the island benefited from this economic support to continue their university studies.\nuniversity studies. The total scholarships awarded amounted to $190,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the second round of grants\nmade possible by contributions from\nHispanic Federation<\/em>. The first round of scholarships was given out in July 2018, at\n140 university students benefited and a total of $95,000 was awarded.\n$95,000 was awarded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter hearing the testimonials in the first round of\nthe first round of grants, we knew that the need was still latent and we entrusted the\nWe relied on the Community Foundation to help with a second round of scholarships.\nscholarships. Students in Puerto Rico need all the support we can give them to continue their university studies and to\nto continue their university studies and integrate productively into the social and economic context of the island.\nthe social and economic context of the island,\u201d said Jos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n, president of the Hispanic Federation.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the current round, each student received between $500 to $1,500.\nIn the current round, each student received between $500 to $1,500. At the morning\nmorning, shocking testimonies were heard, about how the young people still have\ndifficulties to continue with their studies, however, they are committed to move forward.\ncommitment to move forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe at the Port Community Foundation are\nWe are honored by the trust placed in us by Hispanic Federation<\/em> to advance their interest in supporting young university\nuniversity students. Our philanthropic advisory process allows us to strengthen our island's\nthe human capital of our island, thanks to donors such as Hispanic Federation<\/em>\u201dsaid Dr. Nelson I. Col\u00f3n Tarrats, Ph,\nexecutive president of the FCPR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n About\nPuerto Rico Community Foundation | <\/strong>The FCPR is\na non-profit entity that for more than 33 years has been advising individuals, families, corporations and foundations on and off the\nindividuals, families, corporations and foundations on and off the island on how to channel their\non how to channel their philanthropic concerns. The advice seeks to ensure that the\ndonors' contributions have an impact on the self-development of Puerto Ricans.\nPuerto Ricans. In addition, the FCPR has a programmatic area for annual projects that are\nprojects that are the result of the current needs of our communities. The FCPR is\nthe first foundation of its kind in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and today the only one in Puerto Rico.\nthe only one in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About <\/strong>Hispanic Federation<\/strong> | Hispanic Federation (HF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1990, dedicated to providing support to Hispanic families and strengthening Hispanic families.\nin 1990, dedicated to providing support to Hispanic families and to strengthening Latino\nLatino organizations in areas such as education, health, migration, citizen engagement, economic empowerment and\neconomic empowerment and the environment. Support is provided through\ninformation, referrals, and direct services to the Hispanic community.\nIn the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Maria, HF established operations in Puerto Rico and have committed over 1TP4 million dollars.\nRico and have committed over $30 million to recovery through over 100 local initiatives and groups.\n100 local initiatives and groups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hispanic Federation Puerto Rico Recovery and Relief Fund, administrado por la Fundaci\u00f3n Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, entreg\u00f3 la segunda ronda de apoyo econ\u00f3mico a estudiantes provenientes de 58 pueblos de la isla. San Juan, 25 de abril de 2019 \u2013 El Hispanic Federation Puerto Rico Recovery and Relief Fund, fondo establecido luego del hurac\u00e1n Mar\u00eda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,108,171,103],"class_list":["post-5803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicados","tag-becas","tag-hispanic-federation","tag-huracan-maria","tag-maria"],"yoast_head":"\n