Reporting

The work and projects of the Fundación Pueblo are regularly mentioned in the Bolivian media and occasionally beyond. In the German press there are mainly reports of the solidarity of our friends and supporters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. At this point  we have collected some of these posts for you and as far as possible given links.

The Foundation is also increasingly present on the Internet. A selection of relevant links are included below. And of course you can also find us on Facebook.

Gold rush contaminates water with mercury and destroys mountain forest in Yanacachi
10.12.2024

Newspaper article about the environmental impact of gold mining in the Yanacachi district. (Yanacachi, La Paz, Bolivia), 10.12.2024

Study builds database on mining in Yanacachi an its illegality rate
06.09.2024

Report on a study of the Access to Civic Information programme (Yanacachi, La Paz, Bolivia), 6.9.2024.

Five Guaraní communities receive a water system
18.02.2023

El País newspaper report on the inauguration of the water system in Entre Ríos County (La Paz, Bolivia), February 9, 2023. 230209-5comunidadesGuaranisRecibenSistemaAgua-ElPais.pdf

12.12.2020: Fundación Pueblo signs cooperation agreement mutual with UMSA

Report from the newspaper "El Diario" on the signing of a mutual cooperation agreement between the University UMSA and Fundación Pueblo (La Paz, Bolivia) December 12th, 2020. 201212-FundacionPuebloFirmaConvenioConUMSA-ElDiario

18.08.2020: 40 food packages are delivered to indigenous people from Entre Ríos

Report from the Spanish newspaper "El País" on the delivery of food due to the coronavirus pandemic to Guarani families in Tentaguazu (Tarija, Bolivia), August 18th, 2020 200818-FundacionPuebloEntregaAlimentos aIndigenasEntreRios-ElPais.

10.07.2020: The Pueblo Foundation rewards children who are active against Covid-19 in Yanacachi

Report from the online magazine "urgente.bo" about the award of the winners of the online painting competition about measures to contain the corona pandemic in Yanacachi (La Paz, Bolivia) July 10, 2020. 200710-FundacionPueblo premia a niños que se expresan contra el Covid-urgente.bo

10.06.2020: The Village Foundation proclaims a drawing contest on Covid-19 in Yanacachi

Report from the online magazine "urgente.bo" about the online painting competition of the project "Open Access ' in Yanacachi about measures to contain the pandemic of corona virus (La Paz, Bolivia) June 10, 2020. 200610-FundacionPuebloConvocaConcursoSobreCovid-Urgente.bo

01.05.2020: Guaranís who run Weekly Boarding School received food

Report by the Spanish newspaper "El País" about the delivery of food due to the corona virus pandemic to the Guaraní families in Tentaguazu, who we have been supporting for more than a year in building and operating their Weekly Boarding Boarding School in Indigenous Families (Tarija, Bolivia), May 1st 2020. 200501-GuaraníesConHospedajeEstudiantilRecibieronViveres-ElPais_Tarija_

07.02.2020: City Hall launches technical training courses for women

Report of the online magazine "El Alto Noticia" on the beginning of the semester of the Migrant Women project in El Alto in cooperation with the Mayor's Office of El Alto (El Alto, Bolivia) February 7, 2020. 200207-Alcaldia lanza cursos de ramas técnicas para mujeres-ElAltoEsNoticia.com

28.05.2018: District trains 150 female entrepreneur

Press release of the El Alto district about the on-the-job trainig of female entrepreneur in our project "Promotion of women migrants" (El Alto, Bolivia), 28th May 2018. 180528-Municipio de El Alto capacito a 150 mujeres en colaboracion con Fundacion Pueblo-AMI

22.05.2018: The district department for Children, Gender and Social Issues and Fundación Pueblo sign institutional agreement

Press release of the El Alto district about the sign of a contract about the promotion of women within our peoject "Promotion of Migrant Women" (El Alto, Bolivia), 22nd May 2018.  180522-Acuerdo Institucional GAMEA-FP-FacebookGAMA

20.09.2017: Project "Weekly Boarding in Indigenous Families" in Yunchará has 49 fellowship holders

The spanish speaking newspaper El País reports on our program "Weekly Boarding in Indigenous Families" in Copacabana, Tarija, 20th September 2017. 170920-HospedajeEstudiantilYunchara+Colquechaca-ElPais-online

10.12.2016: Access to schooling program in Yunchará was rewarded in the biennale “social inclusion” in Colombia

A report of the Bolivian news agency Noticias Fines about the distinction of our project “Weekly Boarding in Indigenous Families” by Consubsido (La Paz, Bolivia), 10th December 2016. 161210-ProgramaAccesoescolarYuncharaPremiadoEnColombia-FIDES

01.12.2016: Colsubsido awarded projects in the biennale “social inclusion”

The Colombian newspaper PORTAFOLIO reports on the biennale “social inclusion” organized by Consubsidio, where our program “Weekly Boarding in Indigenous Families” won the first prize in the category “education and living together” (Bogotá, Colombia), 1st December 2016. 161201-ColsubsidioPremioProyectosInclusionSocial-Portafolio(Colombia)

09.11.2016: Noticias Fides: From a minifarm to a minibus: Being female, migrante and driver in El Alto

The bolivian newspaper Noticias Fides published a report about our vocation training and specifically about the driving lessons. They also interviewed some of our participants. http://www.noticiasfides.com/sociedad/del-minifundio-al-minibus-ser-mujer-migrante-y-chofer-en-el-alto-371910/ PDF: application-pdf-attachment

13.10.2016: The Bolivian Senate honours The Village Foundation for its contribution to the country

A report of the Bolivian newspaper El Diario about the distinction of The Village Foundation with the medal “Franz Tamayo” (La Paz, Bolivia), 13th October 2016. 161013-SenadoOtorgaMedallaFranzTamayo a FundacionPueblo-ElDiario

11.08.2015: Germans support student lodgings in Yunchará

Friends of Bolivia (AMIBOL) is a group of people, which have been supporting the foundation and it's projects for several years now. 150811-Alemanes apoyan hospedajes estudiantiles en Yunchara-ElPais-Tarija

15.06.2015: Heimat-Echo Werth: Bundesverdienstkreuz für Barbara Heiss als Mitbegründerin der Dorfstiftung

Die Zeitung Heimat-Echo Werth berichtet in der Ausgabe über die Verleihung des Bundesverdienstkreuzes an die Mitbegründerin der Dorfstiftung, Barbara Heiss. Sie nahm dies zum Anlass, die ökumenische Eine-Welt-Gruppe in Werth über die Arbeit der Fundación Pueblo zu informieren und für diese wichtigen Unterstützer der Stiftungsarbeit Rede und Antwort zu stehen. [PDF: Artikel lesen]

20.04.2015: Diario Popular: Offering Virtual Boarding School in rural areas

El Diario Popular from La Paz informs about our program "Virtual Boarding School": [ see PDF ]

25.02.2015: German Embassy: Improving infrastructure in the "House of the Future"

Die Deutsche Botschaft in La Paz informiert im Februar 2015 über neueste Entwicklungen in unserem Haus der Zukunft in El Alto: "Verbesserung der Infrastruktur in der 'Casa del Futuro'". [Original-Link]

25.01.2015: Elsauer Kirchenzeitung: Schülerpension in Gastfamilien - ein erfolgreiches und notwendiges Projekt in Bolivien

Die Elsauer Kirchenzeitung berichtet in ihrer Ausgabe vom Januar 2015 von unserer Schülerpension, lobt dabei den Erfolg und betont die Notwendigkeit dieses Projektes: Schülerpension in Gastfamilien - ein erfolgreiches und notwendiges Projekt in Bolivien.

20.12.2014: CEPAL Social Innovation: Boardingschool as a model

En la Revista Innovación Social de la CEPAL (edición Diciembre 2014) la Fundación Pueblo es mencionada con su programa Hospedaje Estudiantil en Familias cuando las características de proyectos exitosos son identificados por la Comisión Económica para America Latina y el Caribe: [Ver PDF: Características de los proyectos exitosos identificados por la CEPAL] [Fuente Original, toda la edición]

19.12.2014: Casa del Futuro, un lugar donde jóvenes mujeres forjan el mañana

Es un albergue juvenil que cada año recibe hasta 16 becarias para que tengan formación técnica en diferentes carreras apoyadas por la Fundación Pueblo. 20141219-PaginaSiete-CasaDelFuturo_JovenesMujeresForjanManiana

22.11.2014: Foundation pays for education

01.11.2014: Guenther Schulz, the founder of the Fundación Pueblo

19.09.2013: Workshop on Replicating Social Innovation Models will be held in Lima

The Workshop on replicating social innovation models is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean and will explore the innovative models in health, education, youth, child labour and school/family violence. 20130919_CEPAL_Notaprensa-LIMAtallerdeInnovacionsociales_EN

30.07.2011: Cambio: Boarding school puts 1.600 students at school

An interview with a group of friends of The Village Foundation visiting Bolivia, published in Bolivia’s Government Newspaper CAMBIO. Sustained support by international solidarity and the effect on employment for rural women in Bolivia are special highlights. 110730-HospedajeEstudiantil+SolidaridadAlemana-Cambio

19.02.2011: Cambio: Fundación Pueblo celebrates 20 years of social service

The 20th anniverary of The Village Foundation is highlighted in this article published by Bolivian Government Newspaper CAMBIO. Special emphasis is placed on the Foundation’s programs to facilitate access to schooling for especially disadvantaged childen in Bolivia’s vast countryside, eaning it the recognition of the UN-Organization for Latin America,  ECLAC. 110219-FundacionPuebloCumple20AniosServicioSocial-Cambio-LaPaz-print

Fundación Pueblo 2025, La Paz.
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