CECAM Donates Stove to Landslide Victims in La Paz
In early June, Sustainable Bolivia’s partner organisation CECAM donated a new prototype of a lage-scale efficient wood-burning stove to the victims of what has been called the worst landslide in recent Bolivian history. More than 1300 families in the Pampahasi area of La Paz lost their homes and belongings in the disaster. The stove is a prototype of new type of institutional wood stove funded by Sustainable Bolivia volunteers and is now being used to cook food and boil water for more than seven families in the area.
The donation to the zone is the first phase of a long-term project to provide the many victims in the area with solar stoves and a source of income. To fund this project, CECAM is raising funds online until the 18th of June.
You can read more about the project and donate here:
Scholarship Program Funded by Rotary Munchen Flughafen
Sustainable Bolivia recently received a sponsorship from Rotary Munchen Flughafen in Germany to fund 7 university or vocational scholarships for the next four years. The funding allows Sustainable Bolivia to add two scholarship recipients to our five current scholars. One scholarship is to begin in June, and the other scholarship will be awarded in January 2012. During the month of May, we invited the youth from all of our partner organizations to apply for the first scholarship. After receiving several applications and performing interviews with the scholarship applicants, Sustainable Bolivia has chosen Richard Eduardo Barragan Cabrera as the newest scholarship recipient. Richard is 19 years old. He was born in La Paz, Bolivia, but now lives in Cochabamba with his family. Since the age of 13, Richard has attended CAICC, his sponsor organization.
Due to the support Richard has received from CAICC, he graduated from secondary school, and has also become a national and international first place winner in his age and weight category in Judo-JIU JITSU competitions. Currently, Richard teaches judo classes to 6-15 year old children at CAICC, and will continue to do so when he begins his university studies. Richard requested a scholarship in order to study Medicine at San Simon University in Cochabamba.
Sustainable Bolivia believes that Richard has proven his tenacity and his good-will, and we believe that he will be a good candidate, worthy of economic and moral support throughout the duration of his studies. We are very excited to witness and assist in Richard's success as a university medical student.
World Recycling Day 2011
Since it is World Recycling Day, we would like to share a project Sustainable Bolivia volunteers recently completed for one of our partner organizations —recycling bins made out of plastic bottles. Volunteer Robyn Lambert will donate the bins to a local school through her volunteer organization, PAAC; these will be their first recycling bins. The school aims to become a recycling center for the neighboring community. We hope to demonstrate that you can make recycling bins from available materials, rather than having to buy already made containers.
Congratulations to Robyn and her team of Sustainable Bolivia colleagues who helped her to design a prototype recycled recycling bin!
Scholarship Fundraiser Results Are In!
During the month of April, Sustainable Bolivia held a scholarship fundraiser with the goal of raising $3,000 to put towards the expenses of our scholarship recipients. After a month of campaigning, our donations (through ChipIn, Paypal, and in cash) added up to a grand total of $4,000! We sincerely thank everyone who donated, because every bit makes a difference in these students' lives.
Scholarship Recipients Discuss their Studies [VIDEO]
We are pleased to share the work of our current film intern, Molly Robbins in the following brief video highlighting a few of our Sustainable Bolivia Scholarship Recipients. Hear their stories and dreams as they study for a better future for themselves and their communities.
Please consider a donation to our Scholarship Fundraiser by clicking on the Chip In button below. Thank you!