Annual Report 2014

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SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE Ángel Montañez graduated from the Nuevo Berlín High School with an average score of 11, proud of having carried the national flag and received recognition from the educational community for his human warmth and academic excellence. As a child his father taught him to combine his studies with fishing, a source of income for the family. He is currently pursuing a degree as a Chemical Technologist at the Technical School in Paysandú with a scholarship from the UPM Foundation. Since 2008, nine students from the Río Negro department have obtained a scholarship to study like Ángel that allows them to achieve a university degree. “When your situation changes completely, it is important to maintain the same posture, never forgetting where we came from”. Ángel Montañez.

CHECKING THE PULSE OF MOMENTUM In Uruguay, 175,613 people live in rural areas. Since 2006, more than 30,000 people have participated in the projects that the UPM Foundation carries out in places where, for geographical, socio-economic or educational reasons, there are no tools or activities that contribute towards personal and community development. The Foundation focuses its efforts on training, entrepreneurship and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle through the proper use of free time, leisure and culture; all as ways of accessing opportunities for improvement and of providing dignity to the person and their environment.

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