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"The education program offered at UAC-CP makes you think that anything is possible if you
just dare."
—Andres Pardo Asllani, UAC-CP graduate, M.A. Boston College 2006, Head of Primary Education Department at UAC-CP |
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Maribel Villca
She's a wife, a mother, a daughter, and a sister. She's also a business owner. Maribel is a recent graduate of the UAC-CP's Veterinary Science Program and the only certified veterinarian in the Municipality of Irupana, South Yungas.
Her respect and appreciation has grown. A few weeks ago a former UAC-CP student mentioned that he had heard of Maribel's success. "They were talking about her and her business on the radio," he told me. "It wasn't advertising, they were just saying how great it is to have someone in the pueblo who is a trained professional who is willing to go out to the communities and attend to animals."
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Porfirio Kapa
Since leaving the College, Porfirio has worked as the assistant manager of CORACA Irupana--an organization that provides technical assistance for an association of more than 800 organic farmers in South Yungas.
Porfirio manages several areas of agricultural production, trains producers, develops and manages projects, and makes contact with outside markets. In collaboration with government agencies and private organizations, Porfirio has written training manuals about conservation and organic practices. Bolivia's Vice Ministry of Social Control has paid him to give presentations to more than 4,000 producers. In addition, Porfirio works as a farmer himself--using his land to model successful agricultural practices. |
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Genoveva Orosco
Genoveva is the first of everyone in her family to graduate from college and work as a professional. Today, one year after graduation, she lives in her home community of Sapanani where she works as the coordinator of a public health center. While the health center is part of a larger network of clinics funded by Fundación San Lucas, at her site she manages three other people. |
Agustin Apaza
An orphan who was found abandoned in a plaza in La Paz as a baby, Agustin grew up in a system of public and private orphanages. Then, as a child, he was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart defect. He spent more than 10 years in and out of hospitals before a Rotary Club made it possible for him to travel to the U.S. for surgery.
Agustin graduated from the UAC-CP in September. He is currently employed by Medicus Mundi and works in public health on a Chagas disease project in the rural area around Tupiza, Bolivia. |
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Richard Agramon, Paola Surco, Victor Hugo Flor and Miguel Manuel Manrique
Richard, Paola Surco, and Victor Hugo work in social service extension projects for CARITAS Coroico. Miguel Manuel manages the College's entomology lab.
All attended recent workshops presented by the Inter-American Institute for the Collaboration of Agriculture. Those in attendance were employees of the UAC-CP and CARITAS Coroico--a Catholic, social service agency whose extension projects nicely compliment the five academic areas at the College. Out of approximately fifty attendees, 15 were graduates of the College.
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Javier Alvarez
Javier works for ACDI/VOCA--a branch of USAID that supports rural development. Javier is stationed in La Asunta, South Yungas, where he is focused on the implementation of productive projects. Javier is in charge of an apiculture (bee keeping) project.
As of July, Javier was working with six communities (about 90 families, he estimated), providing training and collaboration assistance. "Once the farmers have their product, the idea is that they will be able to work with ARCo (another USAID branch) that has more strength in commercialization. Whether it is ARCo or us, we will help them guarantee a market so that, in the end, they increase their family's income." |
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