Ambassador Frank Baxter with the "A" group of Colegio Federico Ozanam sixth graders, school director Sister Lola Martínez, class teacher Daniela Moreira and volunteers from the U.S. Embassy Montevideo, Marcelo Paglia and Lucía Arbelbide.

The “B” group of Colegio Federico Ozanam sixth graders, with Ambassador Baxter, school director Sister Martínez, class teacher Olga Giménez, and Eva Fischer, a volunteer from the U.S. Embassy Montevideo.

Ambassador Baxter talks with groups "A" and "B" of Colegio Federico Ozanam sixth graders about the benefits of staying in school.

The DESEM/Junior Achievement organization, with the support of the U.S. Embassy Montevideo, sponsored the “The Advantages of Staying in School” program, designed for sixth graders. The program was created in response to the need to affirm the relation between education and the ability to get a better job. The goal of the program was to raise student’s awareness of the role of education as a tool for personal development and realizing one’s potential. In addition, the program instructed students on issues of personal economics, such as personal budgeting, the idea of savings and planning.

The education programs of DESEM are intended to compliment the school curriculum and the primary and secondary level with concepts related to business and economics.

 
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