News Items

 Sabine Nizery, one of our volunteers, held a First Aid Course, complete with teaching materials designed specifically for the community. The course was run with every class in the secondary school, as well as with the personnel at the Proyecto Horizonte. The importance of first aid i

The children from the English class at the  colegio presented the history, geography, culture, food and music of Germany, India, Slovakia, United States, and France – just some of the countries our volunteers come from! Our volunteers worked with them to prepare all the material

At the end of June 2011, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of Mineros San Juan – founded by miners from the Potosi region. In 2001, the group moved collectively to the department of Cochabamba to settle in Ushpa- Ushpa, the place where they remain until today. The fiesta of a weekend

Proyecto Horizonte celebrated its 7th Anniversary in style, combining the celebration with the Mothers Day festivities. All the students from the day-care, school and night school performed traditional dances and skits and the volunteers performed a play about SODIS. The sportsground

On Tuesday, February 1, Proyecto Horizonte´s health center inaugurated their new medical laboratory with a small ceremony attended by Proyecto Horizonte staff, volunteers, and friends. The hall of the health center was filled with supporters as Padre Jacques, a Catholic priest from a

This week we took over 85 students to the AIDS expo here in Cochabamba. The students learnt about AIDS, how it is affecting Bolivia and more generally about the types of changes all adolescents experience. They were given worksheets and had to use their time at the expo to find the an

This month we are working hard to launch a new health campaign in the community. Diarrhea remains a constant and serious threat to the lives of children here in Ushpa-Ushpa. We will be working with groups of mothers to teach and reinforce the importance of clean hands and clean water.

 It is vital that we understand how our community feels about their neighborhood and Proyecto Horizonte’s continuing work. To achieve this we undertook 64 qualitative interviews throughout the community in August 2010. Our goal was to gain a deeper understanding of the needs, ho

One of the biggest problems identified by the teaching staff at our school is the poor nutrition and often, complete lack of food for children with working parents. To combat this, a group of teachers from the school have formed a working group and initiated a school lunch room. The c