By Ana Milena Ordosgoitia | Project Leader
Dear Donors,
We would like to start by thanking you for your generous donations through Global Giving to support the project “Send Baru students to Training School for a year”. We are confident that with your help, we will soon reach our funding goal.
The following is a brief summary of the progress of the project you have supported:
Thanks to your donations, we are currently supporting 7 Baru students that attend to the Technical and Entrepreneurship School of Baru Island.
As we informed in our last report, the first 5 students, Rosalis (chef), Divisley (bar tender), Fauricio, Wilner and Juan (electricians), started to receive their transportation aid on May 2015.
We have given them a total amount of $3.058.176 COP for transportation.
All 5 will soon end the academic phase of their careers (6 months) and start the practice phase.
Recently, 2 new students were selected to receive the transportation benefit: Dargelis and Yesenia. They both are studying accommodation at the Technical and Entrepreneurship School of Baru Island and will receive monthly $200.000 for transportation, starting in October.
Testimonies
In addition to the information given above, we would like to tell you a little bit more about the students you have supported.
This is why, we have prepare 2 testimonies, taken from a short interview we made to Juan and Fauricio:
Name: Juan David
Age: 20 years old
Carreer : Residential electric instalations
¿Why did you choose this career? “I always liked the electricity field. Since I was a little boy I was interested in this area”.
¿How studying this career has changed your life? “I have had strenghts and weaknesses but I have had new experiences. Now I have bases, before I didn´t have the knowledge you need to be an electrician”.
¿What do you think about theTechnical and Entrepreneurship School of Baru Island? “I think that the School is a very good opportunity that has been given to us, because it is not easy to study as the universities are too expensive”.
¿How the transportation benefit has influenced your studies? “In fact, it is a great help because sometimes we don`t have the money to go everyday to class; thanks to the transportation aid, we can attend to all of our classes.
Name: Fauricio
Age: 18 years old
Career: Residential electric instalations
¿Why did you choose this career? “I chose this career because I have always liked it. Sometimes I have even worked with my father. It is a career that is very useful en the comunity where we live, in which there is a lot of electric work needed.
¿How studying this career has changed your life? “My life has chaged a lot because before I wasn`t studying so I kept walking around, searching for trouble and doing bad things. Now, I have the oportunity to study and strenghthen my skills.
¿What do you think about theTechnical and Entrepreneurship School of Baru Island? “The School helps all the Baru community and specially its young people, because it gives us the opportunity to study.
¿How the transportation benefit has influenced your studies? “It has been a great help because our parents don´t have enough money to give us for our transportation every day. Thanks to the benefit, we can go everyday to school.
We will continue to post regular reports to keep you informed on the project progress.
With gratitude,
Ana Milena Ordosgoitia and the Hernan Echavarria Foundation team
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