Education changes everything.
Healthcare. People from all ethnicities, ages, and economic backgrounds are talking about one of the most important subjects of the 21st century. People discuss the merits of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to United Nations Millennium Development Goals to the United States’ recently passed healthcare reform bill. We tend [...]
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In the first minute of my conversation with Maria I could sense that she had a tremendous enthusiasm for life and was focused on helping other people. Both traits will undoubtedly be advantageous when she graduates in December with a degree in nursing. Meet Maria de los Angeles Noguera from [...]
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In a recent entry here on the blog, Vittana Fellow Nayna Gupta told the story of Mercy Marilu, a young woman from Lima, Peru. Mercy, who works as a primary school teacher, received a Vittana loan to help her finish a degree in early childhood education. Mercy’s story was inspiring—after [...]
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Here at Vittana, we talk a lot about the value of education. And while we may often ruminate on the intrinsic value of what we learned in college–the beauty of learning for learning’s sake–we also know know that simply having an education doesn’t let us pay our bills or (start [...]
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Gerardo and Natalia are students from Paraguay studying to become an automotive mechanic and bank teller.
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