Annual Report 2014

“All the kids in the area who were at home or working are now studying. In the countryside they have nowhere to go. I am very happy and grateful because if these programmes did not exist, my children would not have continued their studies”. Inés Mezquita, mother of five children who are studying under the UTU programmes offered in Clara. CLOSING GAPS For the first time in the history of ten rural villages located along Route 59 in Tacuarembó, children leaving primary school can aspire towards secondary education—equivalent to the basic curriculum—without leaving their home town and dealing with whatever issues this may entail. The UPM Foundation, which identified this need, in conjunction with other stakeholders implemented an educational project in 2012 which is attended by 47 students from ten rural communities.

FACT SHEET Presentation of the works: 16 photos printed on canvas mounted on a wooden frame. Composition: 8 photographs of 80 by 1.20 cm / 2 photographs of 60 by 1.35 cm / 6 photographs of 35 by 45 cm. Photographer: Andrés Bartet. / “Sustainable Rural Development” photography: Andrés Silveira Jasquín/ Uy! magazine, 2012 Production and Coordination: Esther Secco.

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