Show f f A of r r 6 44 ESZ F P i i y r ry h hs s I Iy y 1 y o IW 1 11 1 t- t L wP Photo by Kent Shelton Shefton on Lt Gov Olene Glene Walker left Sra Lydia Cardena Carden a center and Academic Vice President Ann Erikson Bolivian VIP Honored at Redwood By Kent Shelton Staff Writer Photographer Sra Lydia Cardena wife of Bolivia's vice president is the first figurehead in Bolivian government to come from the rural sector Cardena Carden a has taken on a crusade to improve the educational system in Bolivia On her previous visits to the theU U US U.S. S Cardena has raised money to buy the most simple of supplies to rebuild rebuild rebuild re re- re- re build small smaIl room one-room rural schools At a luncheon held in Cardenas Cardena's honor in the College Center on Thursday Dec 15 guests who included in included included in- in Lt Gov Olene Walker watched a video of the rebuilding of ofa a small adobe school high in the barren mountains of Bolivia The video showed trucks carrying the supplies as deep into the mountains as possible then llamas were packed for the rest of the journey The villagers villagers villagers vil vil- lagers all worked together to raise the new adobe walls Wood is a scarce commodity in the region because because because be be- cause timber was used for support beams in the lucrative gold mines of years past The purpose of Cardenas Cardena's visit to Salt Lake Community College was to set up relations to help establish community colleges in Bolivia The Bolivian government is interested in how we train in skills other than just academics Mechanical skills in particular particular particular par par- are needed because villagers do not have the exposure to modem modern conveniences Utah has aided Bolivia in the past and continues to do so Many projects projects projects pro pro- include working with blind schools reforestation and helping the water company in La Paz to manage water runoff Also national parks officials from Bolivia have come to learn how we run our parks Many other exchanges are in process process pro pro- process cess too |