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“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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