Wittenberg University reports: JUSTIN ’98 AND JANET THOMAS HENRY ’98 Justin ’98 and Janet Thomas Henry ’98 run a children’s home in Bolivia. They submitted the following story about their work and the journey they took to get there. Justin and Janet Thomas Henry have two homes – but it’s not what you think. For…
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PolitiFact taught fact-checking skills to Bolivian journalists. Here’s how it went.
Daniel Funke and Susan Benkelman write for Poynter: Teaching fact-checking in Bolivia One of the greatest strengths of the fact-checking community is its commitment to collaboration and knowledge-sharing across borders. Such was the case last week when Miriam Valverde, a fact-checker covering immigration for (Poynter-owned) PolitiFact (and Daniel’s colleague), traveled to La Paz, Bolivia, to teach fact-checking…
Bolivia: BONOSOL programme is 21 years old, this year
Bonosol was sustainable, based on how well revenues from our exports came about. It was across the board, for all elderly, regardless of any other consideration. So, it worked and it is time to find more sound investments to make it sustainable. Something that this government has trouble to understand and grasp … The above…
Serious concern: unplanned adolescent pregnancies…
El Dia reports: In all the country 246 unplanned pregnancies per day Deputy Minister of Equal Opportunities, Juan Antonio Perez reported yesterday that daily, the country recorded 246 unplanned pregnancies in adolescents, which led to develop a prevention plan which aims to help reduce that number and that group of the society to exercise their…
CBN volunteers cleaned Titicaca lakeside
Pagina Siete reports: CBN volunteers cleaned Titicaca lakeside In the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility, volunteers of the Bolivian National Brewery (CBN) conducted the cleaning of the Kohana Bay of Lake Titicaca. The activity was held with the Ministries of Environment and Water, Health, Justice, Culture and Tourism, Education and Foreign Affairs, and several universities…
Bolivian Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra is honored by the USA
The USA gave a recognition award to Ms. Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra, Founder and Director, Oficina Jurídica para la Mujer (Bolivia), here some excerpts of a well deserved award! [Our Julieta Montano is third from the right] [… now follows the remarks made about our Bolivian pride:] [by] DEPUTY SECRETARY HIGGINBOTTOM: … Rosa Julieta Montano…
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