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Meet Darwin Pavon |
Darwin Pavon is a young man from Villa Linda Miller. (Villa Linda Miller is a new community for 165 families who lost their homes in Hurricane Mitch. See www.villalindamiller.thinkhost.com for more details.) In 2001, Darwin was the only teen to graduate from high school from that community. The Micah Project awarded Darwin our first scholarship so that he could begin college in January 2002. In 2007, Darwin graduated from Zamorano University as an Agricultural Engineer. If there is anyone who has truly learned how to overcome obstacles to achieve his goals, it is Darwin! His father Pedro was killed in a car accident in June of Darwin's senior year, leaving a widow and seven kids (Darwin is second oldest; the youngest is four years old.) Despite having lived in a shelter for months after the hurricane, helping to put food on the table for his brothers and sisters, and losing his dad during his high school years, Darwin was determined to get a high school degree. At the end of 2001, Darwin’s mom and his siblings moved into their new home in Villa Linda Miller. In January 2002, Darwin moved into the Micah Project so that we could support him in his college studies.
In 2004, Darwin began studying at Zamorano University, an
extremely prestigious college that is located about forty miles
southeast of Tegucigalpa (see
www.zamorano.edu
). Zamorano's focus is agriculture and development and is
considered one of the best schools in Latin America. In fact, its
students come from all over Latin America! Below: Darwin receives his diploma from Zamorano University as an agricultural engineer.
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