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Sneider is 22 years old. He was borne in Cartagena but when he was 7, he moved to Baru with his mother. In ninth grade he moved back to Cartagena to live with his father and finish school. Afterwards, he came back to Baru.

This young man says that his best memories are related to his grandmother, who used to prepare delicious meals for the family. She used to call him “her most precious helper”. Sneider cooked with her, who was really patient and explained to him what to do, in order to prepare the most exquisite meals. His favorite was pork, coconut rice and plantain.

This is how he started to find his vocation.

After he finished school and went back to Baru, he started working as Kitchen Helper in a Hotel close to his community. Sneider confirmed that he wanted to be a Cook and set a goal: To work as a Cook in one five- star hotel in Cartagena.

He knew that to achieve his goal he needed to be trained, so he applied in several occasions to the Cooking Program of the National Learning Service, but he was not selected.

Then, he heard about the Cooking Program in the Learning and Entrepreneurship School of Baru and applied. Sneider relates that when he received the call telling him that he was in the program, he felt that he was in the path to fulfill his life project.

Sneider had to resign to his job in order to be able to attend to School, but he is confident and we are too, that this is just a sacrifice he had to do to achieve his dream.

The transportation aid he receives thanks to you donations to the project through Global Giving, are a big help so that he can get to School from Baru everyday to attend his classes.

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Selenis is 23 years old, she has a 4-year-old son, graduated from school and she is currently studying to be a Cook in the Technical and Entrepreneurship School of Baru.

She defines herself as a happy person. Despite the problems she always has a smile in her face as she considers that with anger or sadness she wont solve anything.

Selenis has always lived in Barú, which she thinks is so special, because of its humble and united people: “Whenever you need something, they would help you, not like in the city, where you don`t know anybody and if you don’t have money, no one gives you a hand”.

She is the eldest of 14 siblings. This condition made her act as an adult when she still was a little girl. She still feels she needs to behave well because she is her siblings’ role model.

Since she was a little girl, she was interested in cooking. She used to get together with her friends after school to cook for them, with whatever ingredients she found in her house.

Years later, when Selenis finished school she worked at Cholon beach cooking tipical food for the tourist.

Year by year she became more passionate about cooking so she decided to study at the Technical School of Barú. She sees herself as the Head Chef of one of the Hotels located in the island.

She wants to work hard to earn enough money to accomplish her greatest goal, which is that, her son Luis goes to University as he says he wants to be a Doctor. 

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