In Bolivia, between 2001 and 2011, ACCESO International collaborated with a women’s centre to support educational, employment and empowerment opportunities for marginalized women, children and youth, especially for those who identified as Indigenous and/or were internally displaced.
In addition to bursaries, we funded a series of educational workshops on human, health, safety and environmental rights, as well as gender equality and leadership, along with other services offered in their own language and cultural environment. We are proud of our collaboration with this centre because of its dedication to the principles of equality and solidarity.
I am from a family of very modest means … I never expected to receive the support that was given to me, nor had I ever dreamed of studying a career. … My studies were such an opportunity for me … The environment in which I grew up was very different. The support I have been given has changed my destiny … I feel very grateful to ACCESO International … Thanks to their support, I have been able to grow, to study another career, to value myself as a woman, to be a better person and a better mother.
Social Worker and Nurse
After many years of having benefited from your help, I want to tell you from the bottom of my heart … that your help has been immense, that … the mere fact of having been able to continue my studies and have been able to finish high school has helped me a lot. Without your help, I believe that my present life would not be the same today. I will be forever grateful.
Graduate, Administrative Secretarial Program