Speeches and Statements

Ambassador James M. Derham Presents Scholarships to Indigenous Undergraduates at UVG-Altiplano

Guatemala, October 19, 2007

Ambassador James Derham presents UVG-Altiplano student with two-year scholarship certificate.

Ambassador James Derham, Public Affairs Officer David Young, UVG Rector Roberto Moreno pose with UVG-Altiplano students awarded two-year scholarships.

Ambassador James Derham and Rector Roberto Moreno, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, presented two-year scholarships to 18 indigenous students from across Guatemala at the university campus in Sololá.

The merit scholars from impoverished highlands families will receive basic tuition and room and board coverage through a cost-share agreement between the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section and the university.

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, which was founded with USAID support, is one of Public Affair’s strategic partners in the Mayan highlands, with frequent Embassy exchanges, speakers and training programs to the campus, built in a former military base in Sololá following the 1996 Peace Accords ending the civil war.

The campus director, María Marta Ramos, participated in an International Visitors trip for educators during October 2007.