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It was a friend from my father’s job that first told us about Forum Foundation, my sister was going to enroll in 10th grade. It was 2016. He gave my father a brochure with some information for my sister I just couldn’t help but read it. From that moment on I knew I wanted to […]

I found out about Forum Foundation at my school in Vaquilla, it was during a presentation they were giving to a group of us young people. That year I was awarded fourth place honors at my school and offered support from the Foundation. This year I was awarded second place honors from the Pablo Alzamora

I first heard of the Foundation thanks to Profesora Sandra, and after that my cousin Ailin told me more about the Foundation and the help they offered students whose families didn’t have the resources to help them attend school. In the first years, the Foundation provided me with financial aid and now with classes being

I discovered Forum Foundation through young people who had already been helped and through teachers who instructed us and talked to us about the benefits that it gave to many young people who wanted to study and get ahead.  In my first year of high school, they supported me with the payment of transportation and

Melani Nicol Moran, from the community of La Vaquilla, graduated with first place honors from Colegio Pablo Alzamora Vargas I first got to know Forum Foundation when some students approached us at school to offer us their support and motivation. In the beginning, the support we received helped us attend school in person, but later

I first heard of Forum Foundation in 2019 from a teacher named Felicita Candelaria, who chose me to be part of this great Foundation because I had good grades in my school. Afterward, she introduced me to the person in charge of the program, Mrs. Sandra Rodriguez, who gave me more information about the Foundation

My name is Berta Cecilia Rivera, I am from the community of Caimito. I was introduced to Forum Foundation through Professor Elvia Martinez. In 2013 I  first received support through a program that provided students with uniforms and boots. I graduated with a diploma in  Agriculture and Livestock from the José de Los Reyes Vásquez 

Although the school year has been challenging, Lendy Dominguez Sanchez has remained dedicated to her studies. Her perseverance was recently recognized when she won an Entrepreneurship for Integral Schools contest.  Born in Paso Real, Toabre, Lendy first heard about Forum Foundation thanks to her father’s friend from work. “My sister was starting tenth grade and

After nearly two years with schools closed to in-person learning in Panama, some students are now able to return to their classrooms. Still it is evident the gaps that already hinder access to quality education have been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent United Nations Children’s Fund household survey report, distance

As she sits down to share the  experience of receiving her IB Diploma, Mirjana remembers years filled with learning.  Not just the regular subjects, but also, independence, responsibility and dedication. These are among the memories and qualities she developed as a student at the Forum Academy. Mirjana was raised in many different communities in the