Funders

Elizardo Pérez (1892–1980): Bolivian normal-school teacher and pedagogue born in Ayata (La Paz). Commissioned by the State to promote rural education, he contributed a groundbreaking pedagogical vision, initial institutional backing, and the systematization of the educational experience.

Avelino Siñani (1881–1941): Aymara community leader, educator, and social fighter born in Warisata. Even before 1931, he was already teaching literacy clandestinely to indigenous children and adults, enduring imprisonment and persecution for doing so; he contributed community leadership, the organization of the ayllu, and the mobilization of collective labor to build the school.