Author Archives: Maria Gerlspeck
New classrooms, with the ability to fill them with students. But, without enough tables and chairs so that everyone can sit down and learn comfortably? Children in Copacabana know this situation very well. With the support of the German embassy, we were able to equip José Ballivian School with furniture, just in time for the new school year. Two reinforcement course classrooms were equipped with 40
German newspaper article about the donation of the one-world-group from Werth for our project "Weekly Boarding School in Indigenous Families" (Isselburg-Werth, Germany), 14th February 2019. 190214-1000EurofuerBolivien
As we have mentioned in our April edition, our school and Municipal access specialist, David, has had intense conversations, over the last few months, with different regions to identify opportunities for Family Student Lodging cooperation. What a better way to start January then with a new project. The municipality of Tentaguazu in Entre Rios during the last years has established and managed a self-employed
In mid-December, we celebrated the completion of the second semester of technical training courses for migrant women in El Alto. In a festive ceremony, the approximately 350 participants received their certificates. As a special highlight of the event, the women of the various clothing and knitting classes organized a public fashion show during which they showed off the self-produced clothes.
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Spanish Newspaper El País imforms about the Weekly Boarding School in Colquechaca (La Paz, Bolivia), 3rd November 2018. 181103-14AniosHospedajeEstudiantilColquechaca-ElPais
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In August, our El Alto Future House was filled again with many new faces. The "Technical Training for Migrant Women" program began a new semester with a solemn reception. Representatives from the Mayor’s office and our team gave a big welcome to the more than 300 registered women, who are able to choose between 15 different courses. Also, August had prepared a special learning offer for our Family
The newspaper El País informs about our Weekly Boardings School in Indigenous Families (La Paz, Bolivia), 21st August 2018. 180821-Embajada alemana ratifica apoyo al Hospedaje Estudiantil en Familia en Yunchara-(ElPais-Tarija)
Bolivian Municipal Governments have their own budgets and political powers. Annual public assemblies are held, where the allocation of these budgets is voted on. We organized a workshop on this topic in Villa Aspiazu, so that representatives of civil society organizations, in Yanacachi, may have a better understanding on these assemblies. This workshop was held at the request of a local organization
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