Graduates

UPDATE: Abraham has graduated. Please check back for updated information.

Abraham Rudy Camargo Apaza, 21,is in his second year of studying Agronomy at the Caquiaviri Institution of Agriculture and Technology, where he has 3 more years to go.
Abraham was born in Sorata, Larecaja, in the Department of La Paz, where he currently lives. Abraham's parents also live in Sorata, where his father is a tailor and his mother is a homemaker. Bernabé writes that Abraham has a great desire to study.

Abraham's studies have been sponsored by a private donor from Chapel Hill Meeting.

"I was all ready to begin my university studies, but then my father lost his job and told me that he could no longer afford to pay my fees. I was devastated, because I counted on being able to improve myself and help my family. Then hermano Bernabé told us of the possibility of a scholarship. I could hardly believe it. It seemed like a miracle."

Ana finished her Dentistry studies at UMSA in 2005 and went to work in a municipal government's medical center in Inquisive province. As a becaria, Ana wrote that she particularly needed the scholarship because of the clinical and laboratory work required in dentistry studies. The middle of three daughters of Victor and Luisa, Ana is a member of INELA yearly meeting.

Benito completed his degree in alternative education with a specialty in rural internado administration, at the Catholic University of Bolivia in North Yungas in 2006. He currently works part-time as the administrator of the Internado de Pallcapampa in Sorata. This Internado is the fulfillment of a dream for Benito, who used to spend 3 1/2 hours a day walking to and from the high school in Sorata. During his first year of scholarship he developed a plan to have a dormitory in town for students from his community. One could see already his initiative for solving problems in order to ease the lives of others.

UPDATE: Carlos has graduated. Please check back soon for updated information about his efforts.

Carlos is in his last of 5 years studying dentistry at UMSA, and is now working on his thesis. "I grew up in Santidad Amigos; I studied in Quaker schools. My family was very sick, my mother and my cousins. For this reason it was clear that God’s will was for me to help people. I want to do surgery, also to study theology to be fluent in the Bible. I have lots of plans for helping people."
Carlos is one of the four former and current scholarship students who have volunteered for the Medical/Dental program they initiated. He is a member of Santidad Yearly Meeting.

Carlos' studies have been sponsored by Little Rock Monthly Meeting.

After she obtained her nursing license from UMSA in May of 2007, Carolina went to work as a nurse in Amacari medical center in the town of Desaguadero in the Ingavi province.

When Carolina was graduating, she wrote to us (translated by Jane Simkin):

First, may you receive a cordial greeting, wishing always that this finds you well and that God may bless you in your lives and in the work that you carry out day to day.

UPDATE: Crispin has graduated. Please check back soon for updates about his efforts.

UPDATE,05-05-09: Edwin has completed his law degree (which he says he could not have done without the scholarship support) and is now working in the Bolivian government's Office of Justice. This is an example of the sort of professional positions where Bolivian Quakers can influence events in their nation in a positive way.
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UPDATE:
Emma finished her education degree in La Paz and continued teaching, serving in her church, and working with BQEF. She joined the QUIP youth book project editorial board, and attended FWCC translation workshops for interpreters.
Emma is currently a student at Earlham School of Religion, in their Masters of Divinity program. She will spend some time this summer traveling and visiting among Friends in the U.S. to tell them about Friends in Bolivia. Look for her at FGC's Gathering, Illinois Yearly Meeting, New York Yearly Meeting, and other Friends gatherings.
We still could go on glowingly about her for ages.
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We could go on - glowingly - about Emma for ages, but she's very modest and we would not want to embarass her.