How Your Year-End Gift Transforms Lives
Higher education is one of the most powerful tools for creating opportunity. This is especially true in developing countries, where a single degree can open doors to economic mobility, gender equity, and long-term stability. Increased access to education is consistently linked to lowering poverty, closing gender gaps, reducing risks like child marriage, trafficking, and child labor, and even improving community health and safety. When students gain access to university training, their achievements create a ripple of progress that extends to their families and communities. That’s what makes year-end giving so important: it’s a chance to use your charitable donations to fuel real, lasting transformation.
Tiyara works at the heart of this mission by supporting students who have the talent and determination to succeed but lack the financial means to pursue higher education. Your generosity helps remove those barriers, turning academic dreams into achievable goals.
Who We Serve: Transforming the Underserved
The students who benefit from your generosity come from families and communities where opportunity is often limited. Many face economic barriers, systemic challenges, or cultural expectations that delay or interrupt their educational journeys. Your gift helps change that story.
We support scholars from India, Nepal, and Thailand who are determined to build a brighter future for themselves and their communities. Some are studying to become physicians, while others are preparing for careers in fields such as law, engineering, commerce, and economics. Their determination, combined with your support, makes change possible.
At a glance, the students you uplift often share these characteristics:
Limited financial resources that make higher education seem out of reach
A desire to create stability for their families through education
A commitment to return home and support their communities
A strong academic record or clear vocational goals
The motivation to grow when mentorship and guidance are offered
Your year-end gift plays a direct role in transforming lives by opening doors that would otherwise remain closed. Each student you support carries that transformation forward into their families, their communities, and eventually into the next generation. When you invest in their potential, you help build a future where opportunity grows and continues to expand long after graduation.
How Scholarships Work: The Journey From Need to Opportunity
Behind every scholarship is a careful and thoughtful process. We ensure that every gift you share becomes a direct pathway to meaningful change. Our scholarship programs identify students who show potential, leadership, and a commitment to shaping a stronger future for themselves and their communities.
Here is how the scholarship journey typically unfolds:
Finding the Right Students: Tiyara works with trusted local partners who truly understand their communities. These partners help identify students who are determined, underserved, and ready to succeed.
Application and Verification: Students share their goals, dreams, and financial needs. Local partners carefully verify the details, often visiting homes to confirm their circumstances and references.
Selection and Awarding: Scholarships are awarded based on potential, leadership, and need. Partners also confirm which school or program the student will attend, ensuring your gift opens real doors.
Guidance and Accountability: Tiyara and its partners stay connected with scholars, offering mentorship, tracking progress, and maintaining transparency through regular reporting and audits.
Every scholarship is a true game-changer, turning potential into opportunity and giving students the tools they need to make a difference in their communities.
Real Impact: Measuring Change
You deserve to know that your generosity truly works. That is why we measure outcomes carefully and transparently. We track student progress, graduation rates, and career placement.
Here’s how:
Student Progress: Local partners monitor academic performance, attendance, and milestones throughout each program.
Graduation Rates: Over the past four years, Tiyara has joyfully celebrated 74 graduates: bright, determined students who have crossed the finish line of their educational journeys.
Career Placement: As graduates move into meaningful careers, Tiyara shares success stories that celebrate their determination and achievements.
Financial Accountability: Quarterly financial statements and annual audited reports from partner organizations ensure transparency and responsible use of funds.
Every scholarship you support is a powerful investment in systemic change, helping to create a cycle of opportunity, empowerment, and lasting progress. To see the impact of these scholarships firsthand, you’re welcome to sign up for e-updates or explore the annual reports, which share stories, updates, and measurable outcomes from the programs your support makes possible.
Be a Part of the Transformation
The giving season is a special time to reflect on the impact we can have on the lives of others. Every donation helps make a difference, becoming a stepping stone toward opportunity by empowering a scholar to pursue higher education and develop their skills.
Donors play a critical role in turning ambition into achievement. Your contributions help provide students with the resources they need to thrive academically and professionally. By investing in education, you are helping shape brighter futures and creating a lasting impact for generations to come.
In a world where opportunity is not always equally available, your generosity becomes a source of hope. It strengthens the belief that education can illuminate even the dimmest paths, offering young people the chance to rise, contribute, and lead. The diadem of education crowns each student with the power to transform their life and the lives of those around them. Through your giving, you help build a future where knowledge empowers, hope flourishes, and the light of opportunity reaches far and wide.
About Tiyara
At Tiyara, we seek to provide higher education scholarships that will make life-changing differences for under-resourced young women and men. Scholarships are also extended to young women and men who belong to indigenous populations living in remote areas or who have had their lives changed by discrimination because of crimes committed by a family member, or have lost a family member to a crime, and those who face discrimination because of their caste.
You can help make dreams come true by providing education for Tiyara’s scholars and helping to put a deserving young person through college! In doing so, you’ll propel not just one student, but the global community toward a brighter, more equitable future.