On December 6th, the daycare opened its doors for the first group of 35 children. Gisela, the head of the center and her team take care of them. The kids arrive at 7 am and can stay the whole day. We are working intensely to build up to full capacity of 120 children as fast as possibl
November 21st was a sunny day in Cochabamba. We started with a breakfast for the children. They came together in the space behind the building and were entertained with some games. We washed the children’s hands before handing them milk and cookies. The breakfast was followed by
We founded a German society to support the project which allows German sponsors to deduct contributions from their taxes. In the US, tax deductibility is achieved through the cooperation with the Bolivian Charity Foundation (BCF). The BCF is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization (Internal
On July 14th I visited Cochabamba and was able to directly see the progress that has been made. I was very impressed with the status. We are already two weeks ahead of schedule! We discussed the details of the daycare center. Once again I was deeply impressed with the people and their
On May 23rd, the people of Ushpa-Ushpa, the members of the Sociedad San Vicente de Paúl in Cochabamba and many other volunteers celebrated the commencement of the project. The contract with the construction company is signed and the first installment paid! The construction time is exp
It is fascinating! So many people have become involved in the project and whenever we get stuck at some obstacle, immediately someone appears on the stage to help. Everybody tries their best, Osvaldo and the people in Cochabamba and Fernando in Huston with the Bolivian Charity Foundat
After some preparation and delays I was finally able to visit Cochabamba and Ushpa-Ushpa during the second week of February 2004! The group Sociedad San Vicente de Paúl scheduled an extraordinary and wonderful meeting to get to know each other more personally. I was deeply impressed b