At school
The bolivian government pays for a teacher if at least 20 children will attend classes. With the low density of population in Las Yungas, in some areas children just can’t attend class because the next school is too far away. And unfortunately it’s not rare for a kid to walk for 1-2 hours every morning to get to school!
Today, I visited a small schoolhouse (literally one classroom). This school would not exist, if it weren’t for O.S.C.A.R.: before, some children, living on the other side of a river couldn’t get to the school regularly, therefore the number of 20 necessary pupils couldn’t be reached. With the help of O.S.C.A.R., the locals built a small bridge connecting several communities! Now a teacher is being paid by the government and the kids can actually go to school!
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Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 06:58 PM
Hello everbody
I’m Jorge I live in Seattle Washington.I was a volunteer(1990) in the Palos Blanco area, it was the must amazing experience in all life ever. I missed so much the people, the staff, great teacher and “los padres” thank so much for built my spiritual life and my services career..
Thursday June 3rd, 2010 at 11:44 PM
A person that gets a good education will become a more dependable worker, a better citizen, and a stronger consumer. For example, people would rather higher an educated person rather than an un-educated person.