Alumni Impact – EARTH

Alumni Impact

EARTH has a network of more than 3,000 alumni from 56 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe, who contribute to the sustainable development of their countries and who construct a prosperous and just society.

Alumni Stories

From Belgium to EARTH: The Story of Raphaël Loubert

01/2026

From Belgium to EARTH: The Story of Raphaël Loubert

Raphaël Loubert (Class of 2018, Belgium), who arrived in Costa Rica as a traveler, found at EARTH the starting point for his life’s purpose. His experience in a multicultural environment with hands-on learning and a strong sense of community shaped both his personal and professional development. Today, based in Belgium, he works in environmental education, leading projects inspired by EARTH’s educational model.

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Utilizing Weed Science to Protect Crops and Promote Leadership among Farmers

01/2026

Growing up, Emmanuel Cooper Gonfatee (Class of 2015, Liberia) often spent time visiting his uncle’s farm. From these visits, Emmanuel developed an early interest in farming. But he never considered that he could study agriculture and pursue a career in the field until his uncle, who worked for the Ministry

A Leader in Plant Genetics and Food Security

12/2025

Komlan Kekeli Batchey (Class of 2021), a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, grew up in a farming community in Togo. As a child he helped his mother grow and sell green beans and lettuce from her garden…

EARTH Graduate Profile

Once graduated, an EARTH professional has the following skills:

Exercises leadership

Ability to make decisions, promote change and ensure that others do so at local and global levels, influencing decision makers in a constructive and participatory manner.

Behaves in accordance with EARTH values and principles

Respect towards the principles that govern the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, driven by EARTH University’s values to contribute to sustainable development and build a prosperous and just society.

Is sensitive and committed to solving social and environmental problems

Ability to identify needs and commit to opportunities that promote human and the planet’s welfare.

Communicates effectively

Capacity to communicate in an effective, assertive and multimodal manner.

Builds effective interpersonal relationships and teamwork

Ability to interact collaboratively and with emotional intelligence, in diverse, intercultural and interdisciplinary contexts, motivating and leading teams towards common goals.

Has a commitment to lifelong learning

Attitude to learn and keep themselves permanently updated.

Solves problems in a structured way

Ability to identify, raise and solve issues in a critical, creative and structured way.

Has a solid technical foundation

Ability to solve agricultural, community development and environmental management problems.

Possesses managerial and entrepreneurial capacity

Ability to develop and manage projects based on the identification of rural community development and environmental management opportunities, with a global and entrepreneurial perspective.

Works for the sustainable development & management of agriculture & natural resources

Ability to create and manage businesses and agricultural processes as well as manage natural resources with a commitment to sustainable development.

Applies science and technology

Ability to create, promote and manage technological change, produce new scientific knowledge and apply technologies for sustainable rural development.