In the last old growth forest zone of Paraguay, 90% of girls are pregnant by age 14. Others are sold into the human trafficking trade, work in prostitution, married off at a young age, or working grueling hours taking care of the country's privileged class as maids and nannies. Our financially self-sustaining agroforestry school in Paraguay's Mbaracayu Forest Reserve empowers and provides a skill base for the country's poorest and most vulnerable girls to overcome extreme poverty.
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A Scholarship Fund will enable Girl Rural Entrepreneurs, graduates of the "Mbaracayu Educational Center", -a financially self-sustaining agro-forestry high school in Paraguay's Mbaracayu Forest Reserve-, to get a university education and overcome poverty.
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Fundacion Paraguaya's (FP) Financially Self-Sustainable School model is providing traditional and vocational education to students in 3 schools across Paraguay. The schools offer a safe haven for vulnerable students to learn and live, and learning to operate live businesses in agricultural production and management and tourism and hospitality that allow the school to be self-sufficient while lowering the cost barriers for students to attend. The students leave with academic and practical skills.
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