Let’s say you woke up with a terrible cough, a fever, and severe body aches. Immediately, you rush to the doctor and unfortunately, you’re diagnosed with COVID-19. For the last two weeks, you’ve been unaware that you were infected and you’ve ignored “the rules.” You’ve gotten together with some close friends for pizza, had a…
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Shine on, Shine Heroes
BOLIVIA, DOCUMENTARY, FEDERICO ESTOL, LA PAZ, PHOTOBOOK Written by Hannah Abel-Hirsch for the British Journal of Photography: All images © Federico Estol. Federico Estol empowers the vilified shoeshiners of La Paz, Bolivia, turning their working lives into a fictional tale of superheroes This article was originally published in issue #7893 of British Journal of Photography. Visit the…
Servant-Leaders Making a Difference in Bolivia
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…
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…
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