The project aims to provide children and young people with linguistic, cultural and vocational skills that enable them to break out of poverty and participate in social life as active and equal citizens in Bolivia.

The project’s primary target group is children and young people from the indigenous Quechua people, living in villages in four municipalities in the Potosí region, one of the poorest regions in the Bolivian highlands.

Three main efforts will pave the way to achieving the project’s objectives: (1) quality education; (2) socio-productive agricultural projects; and (3) initiatives to keep young people in education.

The bilingual intra- and intercultural education program to be developed by the project includes pre-school and primary education for children aged 4 to 12 years, as well as middle and high school education for girls and boys aged 13 to 18 years.

The educational program aims to provide children and young people with language skills in Quechua and Spanish and give them the necessary intra- and intercultural competencies.

Furthermore, the project will develop socio-productive agro-projects that support children, young people and their families to achieve sustainable lifestyles.

The development of socio-productive projects is an important part of Bolivia’s education law L070, and it aims to make education more contextual and de-academize curricula in favor of more vocational skills relevant to crafts and agriculture.

In addition, the socio-productive projects are intended to improve living conditions and reduce poverty among participants, thus counteracting youth migration to urban centers.

Climate change in the region requires the introduction of new crops and/or innovative cultivation methods and agricultural innovation will be at the heart of agricultural socio-productive projects.

Educational programs for the youth will include vocational guidance and rights education, with a special focus on how to properly respect the rights of girls.

Working with the youth and local communities, the project aims to run accommodation facilities in the larger villages to provide opportunities for youth, especially girls, from the smaller villages to attend secondary school.