NOVEMBER-DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2018

 NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2018   

                         We wish you a Happy Healthy New Year 2019
  News
Meet our 34 students who graduated or finished their coursework this year. Congratulations to all our students!!
 Milta graduated in Agronomy from the Universidad Catolica Boliviana

SUCH AN EXCITING YEAR!!  9 of our high school students graduated from secondary school and 14 post-secondary students finished their studies with Helping Hands in 2018.  As well, 11 of our students from 2016 and 2017 defended their thesis and graduated formally. In Bolivia an undergraduate student “egresses” from the university after finishing his/her coursework, but must then do a thesis and defend it in order to graduate and receive a diploma or title. This can take up to two years more for students of scarce economic means. The Bolivian system is tedious and demands years of sacrifice and hard work from the students, especially those living in precarious situations.

HOW YOU CAN HELP THIS MONTH
Laptops!!  We are looking to buy two used laptops for our two scholarship winners, Leidy and Israel, who will be entering the Entrepreneurship programme at a prestigious Bolivian university now in February.  Everything is now done on computers and by internet so we want to support these two students.   You can donate on BETTERPLACE  toward the used laptops,  to help buy the uniforms required for our elementary and high school students or to provide food supplementation for our 5 families in need.

ACTIVITIES: Thank you so much to WSCS who provided Christmas bread (paneton) for all the students at the Christmas Party.
Special thanks to Hilson, our recently graduated deaf student, who lead the November meeting to teach us all about sign language. 
Those super ACS students were at it again and donated much needed food supplies for some of our families.  THANKS AGAIN.
Our new graduate, Paola, came by the office and brought goodies for tea to thank the Project for its support.
Tatiana, one of our Law students travelled with her class to Peru to learn about the court system there.   
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR MAKING EDUCATION POSSIBLE FOR SO MANY OF OUR YOUTH