Help Bolivian Youth Access Higher Education

OUR FORMER STUDENTS

LIMBER, OUR FORMER STUDENT

Limber was part of Helping Hands from 2014 to 2019 when he studied at Nuestra Señora de La Paz University to be a Registered Nurse.

Currently, he works in the Pneumology area at the Hospital Obrero in La Paz, and he has a contract with the Caja Nacional de Salud, the state health insurance office.  Limber is very motivated to continue his studies and currently is about to finish a postgraduate degree to become a professor of Nursing.  Limber says he will be forever grateful for the support he received from Helping Hands to realize his dream of becoming a registered nurse.  Congratulations Limber!!

OUR GRADUATES

Congratulations to eight of our students who successfully defended their thesis and projects this trimester, and their final exams. The hard work and the persistence of our students finally paid off.

Franz graduated from a three-year program as a Técnico Superior in Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University.

Lizeth, an outstanding student with excellent grades, graduated as Bachelor in Education Sciences at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres.

Sara finished her three-year program in Dental Prostheses at the EPRODENT Institute.

Luzmila completed her studies and graduated in Surgical Instrumentation at the University Nuestra Señora de La Paz.  She is working now at a local hospital.

Rafaela finished her studies in Law at the Universidad Central.

Yoselin finished her career in Business Administration at the University San Francisco de Asis and is now working for an NGO in El Alto.

Betza and Juan are both High School graduates now.

                                           MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Each December we love to relax and celebrate Christmas with all of our hardworking students. It is the end of the Bolivian school year for our young girls and boys, so we take this opportunity to bring smiles to their faces for having made a tremendous effort all year.

Our talented young students put on a fun talent show to entertain us with dances, acting, singing, playing musical instruments, and more. To spread Christmas cheer with our students and their families, we served hot chocolate, Christmas bread and Christmas cookies.  Each student received a big Christmas bread with powdered cocoa, powdered milk and cookies to take home and the younger students received gifts. It was a joyous Christmas celebration.

In October the students made Christmas cards for their sponsors, and this year we sent the cards via email as the post office is not working. On behalf of all the students and the office team, we wish you and your loved ones a happy and blessed holiday season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024!!

In the month of November, we had a donation of 437 agendas from the STATBOL S.R.L. Thanks to them, all of our students and their families received agendas.  We are always grateful to receive donations for our students and their families. 

Recurring donations are the backbone of our financing. If you would like to become a recurring donor, this would help us considerably with our financial planning.  Of course, one-time donations are also so valuable for insuring our students have what they need to complete their studies.

We appreciate so very much your continued support for our students as they work toward realizing their dreams of having an education and becoming positive, productive members of their communities.  You are an important part of their success.  

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OCTOBER

STOP BULLYING!

In October, the Psychologists Viviana and Yamila held the workshop “Leaders in the fight against bullying.” with our elementary and high school students. Bullying hurts everyone and it can affect the educational environment of the students. This workshop was to encourage our students to learn about empathy, why they should care about the way others feel and how to react properly when someone is being bullied.

NOVEMBER

HOW TO WRITE A MONOGRAPH!

Vania, a university literature professor, led the workshop on “How to write a Monograph,” which was directed to our technical and university students.  Our students face many challenges in academic writing, so the guidance and advice offered by Vania was very important.  In order to graduate, most of our students are required to write a thesis or a monologue, so this workshop reinforced their writing skills.