Founded in 2004, BECA (which means "scholarship" in Spanish) is a registered 501(c)(3) that pays college tuition for Bolivian students from low-income families (less than $300 per month). BECA is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and its president and founder is Barbara Pence.

The first bachelor degree graduate, Alexander Mustacedo, completed his 6-year program in Information Systems in September of 2010. As of 2012 there are five graduates (licenciados) from BECA. Another three will graduate in 2013 and another 4 between 2014 and 2015.

Students have studied Medicine, International Relations, Human Resources, Marketing, Petroleum Engineering, Financial Accounting, and a variety of other majors. BECA cooperates with high-quality local (Bolivian) universities to guarantee that students remain in their home country to contribute to their families and Bolivia and allows students to select the major of their choice.

BECA students are guided by local counselors and provided with job placement assistance.

A local (Bolivian) BECA Board of Directors, headed by Ms. Monina Kellembergher and U.S. officers are non-paid; thus 100% of funds raised are directed to tuition and books for selected students, who must maintain a 70% average to remain eligible for continued support.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

BECA Celebrates ongoing support from the IMF and Liberty Gives

    BECA is pleased to report that the IMF (International Monetary Fund), through its matching grant program for employees, for the third year in a row has made a significant donation to BECA, sufficient to support two students´ tuition at UTEPSA for a full year!  Thank you to both the IMF employee and the IMF!
   In addition, Liberty Gives, the charitable arm of the Liberty company of Denver, Colorado, has also made its second matching contribution to BECA along with that of one of its employees.  Their donation once again supports one student's tuition at UTEPSA for a full year.  Thank you to Liberty and their employee!
   Many other wonderful contributions have been received from a number of individuals in support of the BECA program.  The BECA students and the BECA organization thanks all of its contributors for their great generosity and allowing the BECA program to continue to grow in 2013.  
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