El pasado 27 de noviembre se realizó el AVAAMUN en las oficinas de la Asociación Venezolano Americana de Amistad (AVAA). Este evento contó con la participación de 10 becarios, entre ellos miembros de la delegación actual de AVAA y nuevos becarios. Inició a las 9:00 a.m. y culminó a las 4:00 p.m. La Mesa Directiva…
Our 23-year-old scholar Carlos Correa, a Mechanical Engineering student at the USB, was awarded in the Formula SAE USB Costs category along with his team. This project helps pushing a group of students to the limit, at all levels: stress, responsibility, and fun. For many, it is a student group, but for more than 300…
The Amazon Smile Foundation has made its purchasing platform available to several NGOs, including the Venezuelan American Friendship Association. Thanks to this encouragement, you can donate 0.5% of your purchases to our ProExcellence scholars. So, what are you waiting for? If you don’t have the Father’s Day gift yet, at Amazon Smile you will not…
Our scholars Noris Moreno and José Cisneros became 2 of the 3 Venezuelans selected for the SUSI 2022 Program, organized by the US State Department. The SUSI program is an intensive program that promotes cultural exchange between both countries. In this program, not only students from Latin America participate but also students from Asia and…
The ProExcellence AVAA program celebrated its 79th anniversary, this Friday, May 28, through an online meeting. This event allowed connecting with the different allies of the organization for 1 hour and 30 minutes. The scholars Andrea Aponte and Rubén Herrera collaborated as presenters in this emotional meeting, which was broadcast on Zoom and YouTube…
Graciela Pezo (Hospitality Management, USB), Jennipher Dolinsky (Liberal Studies, Unimet), Noris Moreno (Sociology, UCV), Johana Rojas (Art, UNEARTE), Loreany Guerra (Hospitality Management, USB). Peggy Farías (Literature, UCV), Jailene Tirado (Education, UCV) and Valentina Correia (International Affairs, UCV) are participating in this program organized by Empodérame Venezuela. The Empower ME program “is an educational space where…
Gerald Sánchez, who is an AVAA scholarship holder and a sociology student at the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB), was granted a scholarship from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente A.C. or ITESO (Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education), a Jesuit university of Guadalajara, Mexico, to study the subject Gender and…
The project offers high school teachers strategies and tools that will enhance their skills in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) applied to education in order to improve teaching practices in the online teaching process. We join efforts for a comprehensive quality education, aimed at enriching the 21st century skills. Educational units or…
2020 was definitely a challenging year; however, we faced it with courage and with our eyes set on our mission: to promote and support the training of young Venezuelans. Today we are proud to present our 2020 Report and Account in which we summarize our results and achievements.
At AVAA, volunteering is part of the day-to-day activities. Not only do our scholarship holders develop projects of great impact for their communities, but they also have the valuable support of many people who, day after day, accompany us along the way: mentors, facilitators, members of the advisory committees, and all the friends of AVAA…
