Send Baru Students to Training School

by Fundacion Hernan Echavarria Olozaga
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School
Send Baru Students to Training School

Project Report | Jun 5, 2023
Plating up dreams

By Maritza Diaz / Ana Milena Ordosgoitia | Project Leader / Director

Damiana
Damiana

Damiana was born in Santa Rosa – Bolívar, but when she was 5 months old, she came to Baru with her mother. She is 22 years old and has 2 children; one is 7 and the other one 2 years old.

She signed up to study Cuisine at the Technical and Entrepreneurship School of Baru, 7 months ago.  We asked Damiana to tell us a little bit about her life and her plans, and this is what she told us:

“I got pregnant when I was 15 and still attending secondary school. This was very hard for me, but with a lot of effort and my grandmother’s support, I managed to graduate.

I have been working in Cholon, which is one of the most renowned beaches in the area, for 4 years now. I only work during the weekends at a restaurant, where I prepare seafood rice, seafood mix, among others. Since I had free weekdays, I decided to start studying to be a Cook, considering cooking is what I do for leaving.

Thanks to the plating techniques that I have learned, I have improved the presentation of the food I prepare and now the Restaurant’s owner asks me to always do it that way, because customers like it. Before, everything was served as it fit on the plate. Now I place everything in different parts of the plate, assembling it from the inside out. My boss, who liked my work, now loves me, because I have been using my creativity not only to plate up, but also when I prepare food. I am happy to be able to apply everything I learn from Monday to Friday on Saturdays and Sundays.

I will keep working in the restaurant, until I can fulfill my dream of having one of my own, in which I can hire my family members and other single mothers like me. I dream of being able to apply all the techniques I have learned and to improve every recipe I prepare so that people love my food, because when someone cooks with passion, that reflects in the meals they prepare”.

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Fundacion Hernan Echavarria Olozaga

Location: Bogota / Cartagena, Cundinamarca/Bolívar - Colombia
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Project Leader:
Ana Milena Ordosgoitia
Cartagena , Bolivar Colombia
$23,100 raised of $30,000 goal
 
245 donations
$6,900 to go
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