Cochabamba

I visited Cochabamba for a day just after Christmas, and spent the day with Brother Ignacio, a Franciscan friar. Brother Iggy is the director of a project that provides health services to some underserved communities outside of the city.

Three students from the College now work in this project, two nursing graduates Willie and Genoveva, and a vet student Félix.



Here we are at lunch.

These young people were chosen by Brother Iggy to study at the College because they were already serving their communities, volunteering in the clinics that the Franciscans run around Cochabamba.

And they are back at it now. Brother Iggy describes the nurses as invaluable to the rural health services they are providing, and Félix needs just a few more months to finish his fieldwork, researching the parasites in sheep where he is working. This is the kind of success we expect from our students.