The Pijao Node is a student house in Armenia for young people from the municipality’s rural areas who are pursuing university studies. There they find a roof, meals and a community that walks alongside them — so that distance and basic needs no longer decide who gets to study.
As of May 2026 it supports around 30 students per semester, and together with the scholarship programme the Foundation has awarded 18 university scholarships (17 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate).
The Node is more than housing: it is a bridge between Pijao and the world. It offers learning resources — including a 3D printer — and it has produced stories like that of Mayerly Mesa, the Foundation’s first volunteer, today a lawyer who graduated with honours and the first recipient of a postgraduate scholarship.
Many of its graduates return as volunteers: receive support, graduate, give back. That is how a generation of leaders is cultivated — one that keeps lifting its community.
“My story is not just about me — it is about all of us who come from underserved communities and dare to dream.” — Mayerly Mesa Mejía
