Power to Women

Albertina is now completing a degree in veterinary medicine and plans to open a veterinary clinic in Sorata.

Most of our graduates go on to advanced study.  Our young women have chosen career paths that include nursing, dentistry, education, law, veterinary medicine, office administration, French, German, gastronomy and more.

Many of the parents of these young women never had secondary education and hardly any attended higher education classes. The achievements of these women will not only lift themselves and their families out of poverty, but  serve as role models to inspire a new generation.

Magaly Quispe Yujra is an amazing example of how education can empower leadership for a wide impact. As a sociology major with a BQEF scholarship, she  was trained as a facilitator of Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) workshops.
Recognizing the need in prisons, she  has now spread AVP to prisons in most of the  cities in Bolivia.

Magaly is has now formed a non -profit organization and is leading an innovative AVP Student Residence in Sorata, implementing AVP principles and practices in everyday life for high school students.

With AVP International, she has helped plan Triennial International Gatherings and led AVP community workshops in  4 Latin American countries and trauma healing workshops in Nepal and Bolivia.

To address Bolivia's high rate of Domestic Violence, Magaly and WALJOK are collaborating to bring  the power of Alternatives to Violence Program (AVP) to adolescents. These Prevention of  Violence in Relationships workshops  provide insights and tools for resolving conflict and preventing violence in teenage relationships. The first workshops  held for juniors and seniors, teachers and parents were received with great enthusiasm. They have now expanded to secondary schools in 3 cities.


In a culture with a long tradition of accepting violence against women, these workshops help change the perception of gender roles and empower women to make choices.