We have developed a custom when we visit Montevideo, Uruguay, that has been fairly productive. We contact the U.S. Ambassador’s office to seek a meeting with the Ambassador to “stay in touch.”
This time the Ambassador was out of the country (and will be moving to Washington DC. A replacement has already been appointed by President Trump, awaiting US Senate confirmation). In her stead she sent two delightful and very knowledgeable representatives to meet us at our hotel on our last day in country.
We had a wide-ranging conversation with Ms. Agustina Gari (Political Assistant) and Mr. Michael Schreuder from the Office of Politics and Economics of the US). We were trying to find another organization we could assist in Uruguay that was not on our radar screen but on the US Embassy’s radar.
A few months ago, the US Embassy donated about 30 new/used computers and work stations to the CEPRODIH organization for their computer lab. When we toured CEPRODIH, the director, Adriana Abraham, was quite pleased to show us a classroom dedicated to the new computer terminals that was helping the women at the Center gain new computer skills for the working world. We were pleased to inform the US Embassy staffers that we, too, were supporting CEPRODIH. This organization is featured on the Asado Ministries website.
The Embassy staffers did inform us that Asado Ministries is the only international organization that comes to Uruguay to help with various projects that lift up the Uruguayan people. There are some local organizations but no other internationals. Amazing!
We believe our meeting will be the continuation of a good relationship with the United States Embassy in Uruguay. We may be calling on them for assistance in the future and we do also hope they will look to Asado Ministries for specific help in the future. Networking, even 6,000 miles away, is always a good thing.