Aymara-led. Rooted in Bolivia.
Learning is not a circle. It is a spiral. Each turn takes children across Bolivia to the same ground at a higher level.
Tax-deductible for US donors. 13 years of work, 12,300+ children.
Real classrooms.
Real possibility.
The seed
Zera teaches critical thinking and emotional intelligence to children across Bolivia, including children in the national children's hospital network and children who live with their mothers inside Bolivia's prisons.
Read how Zera began ↗What we carry forward
We inherit memory, creativity, community, and a long history of building education on our own terms. We also inherit structures in which racism and sexism restrict access to education, stable income, and networks of opportunity.
Zera brings these realities into the same educational space. Children and communities develop emotional regulation, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of history. They learn to recognize what must be protected, understand what must change, and act together to build what comes next.
Inner capacity, clear thinking, historical understanding, and collective action.
The spiral, growing since 2013
Programs now
Signature program
We begin with emotional regulation, build critical thinking, and then move into guided modules on racism and sexism, so communities can face hard realities with dignity, clarity, and action.
Current program
Ten high-intensity labs for teens, teachers, and grassroots organizers, blending neuroscience, ritual, and local action.
In development
What we believe
“Not survival. Not only self-determination. Self-actualization: the practice of a people who know themselves as creators.”
Sharoll Fernandez Siñani
Founder, Zera Bolivia
The founder
Aymara educator, artist, and institution builder.
Sharoll founded Zera in La Paz in 2013. Her intellectual and creative work begins from a clear ground: Aymara people have always built world-class education on their own terms.
Plant the next seed
Sembradores are Zera's monthly members: the planters. Your membership funds a child's program in critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and the tools to name and face racism and sexism. You receive a monthly letter from our founder and the stories of what your seed becomes.
US donations are tax-deductible through our fiscal host, Myriad USA, and processed securely by Every.org.