Category Archives: Child Sponsorship

[Bolivia bloggers] A dozen unforgettable moments

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A dozen unforgettable moments. ©2011 Matthew Paul Turner for World Vision
I saw this tweet from Rachel Held Evans yesterday morning: “Been back from Bolivia for a week now, and I’m just now unpacking. Anyone else out there an unpacker-slacker?” I’m the worst kind of unpacker… I let the task of unpacking intimidate me in a really silly way. I also think there’s something sort of nostalgic about an unpacked suitcase — it brings back memories of where you’ve just returned from. In this case, it brings back bittersweet memories of the seven days I spent in Bolivia with some of the most insightful and endearing people I’ll ever know — Elizabeth, Andrea, Joy, Nish, Matthew, Carla, Rachel, Amy, Michael, Jana and Deb — and all of the moments we experienced...
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[Bolivia bloggers] Back at home, but haunted by their faces

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Haunted by their faces | World Vision Blog
The following post was written on Day 1, back at home from Bolivia, from Elizabeth Esther. I did 26 hours of travel on two hours of sleep. I don’t recommend this. My body and mind feel sundered–torn apart. This afternoon I started shaking. I’m so tired–physically, emotionally, mentally–that my body started freaking out on me without sending a warning note first. And Mariela’s face haunts my emotions: I met Mariela at the special-needs center in Colomi. Her uncle, in the words of Mariela’s mother, “es muy malo.” Very bad–meaning, his special needs are severe, overwhelming for a family already entrenched in deep poverty. Mariela wouldn’t let go of me. She held my hand, asked me to draw pictures for her,...
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A letter to the mothers and fathers of Bolivia

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A letter to Bolivia | World Vision Blog
To the incredible mothers and fathers of Bolivia, This journey has been an opportunity to give a voice for the voiceless. To put a spotlight on the unseen. To shed light on what life is like through the eyes of Bolivians. I hope that I have shared and will continue to share your stories with the accuracy and thoughtfulness that they deserve. To the mothers who pray daily for the health and future of their children — you are the fortitude of your families. To the mothers who battle cultural discrimination because their children are born with disabilities — you are women of strength. To the mothers who took in children who were not their own because no one else...
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[Bolivia bloggers] A picture is worth a thousand words. A smile is worth a million.

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A picture is worth a thousand words | World Vision Blog
If a picture is worth a thousand words… then a smile like this is worth a million. We met this sweet little girl in Viloma ADP at the grand opening of a new school built by World Vision. It is smiles like this from the children we have laughed with and cried with this week that are permanently printed on our hearts forever. Read more posts from the Bolivia bloggers team....
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[Bolivia bloggers] Day 7: Sex and poverty

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©2011 Amy Conner for World Vision
Paulo has 8 children ranging in ages from 14 years to 6 months. Three of them walk 2 hours to school and 2 hours home. He told us that he used to live near the mines, but it wasn’t a safe place for children. He bought the land in the mountains where we visited him, and moved his family there. But he can’t grow enough in his fields to feed them all....
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