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Bolivia: Visions of hope from 30,000 feet

Reflections on time spent visiting our affiliated projects

After more than a week in the mountains of Bolivia, I’m headed home — back to Richmond, Virginia, and my life of comparative ease and comfort. As the ground falls away beneath the plane, I’m staring out the window, trying to compose coherent thoughts, but they are lost amid a thousand mental images of the people and scenes I’ve experienced in the last few days. Our tour guide: An architect rises from poverty Roberto Andrade’s […]

Students at the Montero school in Bolivia

These Kids’ Futures Just Got a Little Brighter

The Montero School in Bolivia has updated classrooms

Roberto Andrade and his wife, Verónica, are waiting for us when we step off the plane in hot, humid Santa Cruz. Roberto is an artist and an architect now, but he was once a little boy with enormous potential and struggling parents who worried about his future. They saw the talent and creativity in their son and knew that a quality education would help him develop into a happy, healthy adult. “Because the happiest people […]

Touchdown in La Paz

Sights and scenes from Bolivia's City in the Sky

Our Director of International Programs, Luis Bourdet, and I flew into La Paz just before sunrise, after an overnight trip from Richmond. I was woozy from fatigue or the elevation — 13,000 feet above sea level — and grateful when a young woman woke up at 4 am to check us into our hotel. A City in the Mountains I woke up as the sun rose, and got my first view of an amazing vertical […]

Children Incorporated Invites Readers to Join Them “On the Road”

A new blog series to highlight stories from affiliated sites around the world

Today, Children Incorporated announced the launch of its inaugural blogging series: On the Road. Starting this week, the international child sponsorship organization will take readers on a real-­time, virtual journey to actual sites as far as Bolivia and Kenya and close to home as Kentucky. “We have an extensive volunteer network of trusted educators and child care professionals who are native to the communities they serve. They know the children well and see them often.” – Ron […]

One Clinic, So Many Lives

The Dandora Clinic helps more than just children

Imagine you are a parent and your little boy has had a fever off and on for days now; he is always tired, and his body aches. You think he has malaria. All he needs is medicine, but you are poor and can’t even afford to take him to the doctor — much less get him the medicine he needs to get better. But if he doesn’t get help soon, he could end up having breathing problems for the rest of his life. Or worse, he could die. You are desperate and […]