MissionNewswire reports: Bolivia: Youth volunteers help support the activities of the Don Bosco Project (MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Bolivia encourage youth volunteerism as a way to give back to local communities. Each year in January, youth come together with a desire to serve others. This year, 54 youth gathered in the city of Santa Cruz…
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2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize winner is Bolivian!
El Deber reports: Bolivian solar project wins in Abu Dhabi The project of San Juan de Yapacaní was awarded with $100,000 dollars and was chosen among the 15 finalists and out of a total of 1,678 nominations. A solar energy project carried out by Sacred Heart High School in the city of San Juan de…
SCHOOL OR WORK: THE DILEMMA FACING CHILDREN IN BOLIVIA
Equal Times reports: SCHOOL OR WORK: THE DILEMMA FACING CHILDREN IN BOLIVIA by Athénaïs Python , Tzivan Derveaux It is eight in the morning in the centre of Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third largest city. The América market is starting to bustle with activity. Gloria, aged 16, rubs her hands together to warm them up. “When you…
Bolivia and France to Host Colloquium on Tourism
Prensa Latina reports: Bolivia and France to Host Colloquium on Tourism La Paz, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Bolivia and France will organize the First International Colloquium on Tourism and Sustainable Development, which will take place from September 29 to 30, reported today daily Cambio. The meeting will have as venue the Catholic University…
65% of Bolivian millennials work in private companies
El Deber reports: 65% of Bolivian millennials work in private companies The Captura Consulting firm, conducted 1,120 surveys in La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, to develop the study on the Millennials Generation in Bolivia. 65% of Bolivian millennials prefer to work in private companies, revealed the Millennials Generation in Bolivia study, by…
The three Rs: How Bolivia combats illiteracy
Felipe Abreu and Luiz Felipe Silva report for BBC News: The three Rs: How Bolivia combats illiteracy “Reading and writing were forbidden,” says Quintim Pulma, 83. Mr Pulma, a former policeman dressed elegantly in a slightly worn jacket and wearing a black hat, recalls the days when he was growing up in rural Bolivia: “I…
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