Every year, the students in the last stage of their degree at our University work for months on a Graduation Project (GP) that focuses on their primary professional interests. This time of…
Selvin was born into rural life in a small coffee-growing village in the Department of La Paz, Honduras. As a child, he helped his family cultivate coffee and was very enthusiastic about studying. It was…
Norman Mugisha (Class of 2018, Rwanda) founded a social project based in Kigali, Rwanda that trains and helps rural youth create their own sustainable businesses in agriculture, reducing…
Yahaya Alhassan (EARTH Class of 2020 & Fellow 2022, Ghana), has long known the challenges of farming in a region with an intense dry season. Yahaya grew up in Tamale city, the capital of the northern region of Ghana, where 60% of livestock is produced. In addition to teaching Arabic, his…
The Mastercard Foundation – EARTH University Fellowship Program plays a vital role in enabling viable pathways for graduates to transition from university to dignified and fulfilling work and entrepreneurship. During…
For the past five years, EARTH has encouraged students, faculty, and staff to participate in EARTH Talks, an event inspired by the TED Talks organization that distributes free talks on “ideas and…
“One day, I am going to make our land fertile,” Bishar Mohammed (Class of 2016, Kenya) told his father when he was just a child. Mohammed was aware of the hardships in his village of Korr and…
Grenada is a small Caribbean Island that grows crops such as ginger, cardamom, and cloves. The nation is rich in biodiversity but challenged in the face of climate change and…
When Legny Vivas (Class of 2017, Ecuador) was a teenager, she had a dilemma. She couldn’t decide whether to study electricity or accounting. But then she began to see the passion her…
On the night of June 13, the stage of the Emory L. Cocke Auditorium at the EARTH Guácimo Campus was filled with female strength. Six women stepped forward to speak about their lives, their projects, and their…
Valodia Flores (Class of 2009, Nicaragua) was named in 2021 by Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 most influential women in Central America. Along with achieving personal success, she has benefited 16 individuals and families by creating a business network of partners…
EARTH graduate Gabriela Centeno (’01, Costa Rica) has been living in Europe for several years. When she learned how COVID-19 crushed the livelihoods of an indigenous community, she sprang into action to create Exotics, an online store where Latin American entrepreneurs can market their artisan products to Europe…
In 2014, Atong Akoi Acom (’24) and 2 million others were forced to flee the raging violence in South Sudan. Despite the many challenges of growing up in a UN camp, she dedicated herself to studying and generating entrepreneurial opportunities for fellow refugees. We are proud to welcome her into our Class of 2024.
In 2014, Khaalid Ahmed Awali (’18, Somaliland) excitedly learned he had been admitted to EARTH University. The moment was made even sweeter when he heard that his friend Saeed Mohamud Farah (’18, Somaliland), too, had been admitted. Both fully funded as Mastercard Foundation scholars, eagerly traveled to Costa Rica to study agricultural engineering…
When Antonio Pérez Sántiz (Class of 2021, Mexico) was eight years old, he read in a book that education is the key to success. Since then, he has not stopped striving to find new…
When Faith Mukami John (Class of 2015, Kenya) finished high school and had to choose a career, people around her were surprised: in the context she came from, it was rare to…
De la mano con el caficultor. Under this slogan – meaning “hand-in-hand with the coffee farmer” – Terence Fuschich (Class of 1998, Honduras) has worked to sustainably boost small…
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