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[Bolivia bloggers] Day 4: A world apart but the same at heart

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The following was written last night, on day 4 of the Bolivia bloggers trip in Cochabamba. Tonight I got an email from a colleague with a note from Charles Owubah, World Vision’s regional leader in East Africa. All I could thinks was this: my mind has been consumed with the people we’ve met here in Bolivia. Now I’m reminded of the 11.5 million people there affected by the drought. Charles tells the story of one of them: Atabo. “Yesterday I was in Lokori, Turkana East, in North Eastern Kenya where I met Atabo Ekaale.  Atabo is one-year-old but looks like six months old because he has almost nothing to eat. His mother, Lorenyi, is desperate because she wants her son to...
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[Bolivia bloggers] Day 3: Trickle-Up Economics…

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The terrain of Cochabamba, Bolivia is both breathtakingly beautiful and violently rugged. In the shadow of its snow-covered mountains are hundreds of arid rocky hills, where horses and cows perch as skillfully as mountain goats upon the steep slopes where people too make their homes. The high altitude (over 12,000 feet in some places!) leaves even the most skilled climbers breathless. It takes most children over an hour to walk the winding gravel roads to school. Women who want or need to deliver their babies in a hospital typically face a three mile walk…while in labor…to the nearest health facility. The average income is just $450 a year....
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[Bolivia bloggers] Day 3: Meeting sponsored children + vlog

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Ever wondered whether or not the child in the photo you received in your sponsorship welcome packet is really a real child? No need to be curious anymore, we’ve got proof! Yesterday was one of the sweetest days I’ve ever experienced. Our first day in a World Vision area development program (ADP), we knew we would be exposed to so much of the work World Vision is doing there. And at the top of that list? Meeting sponsored children. More posts from Elizabeth, Matthew, Deb, Nish, and I on “meeting our sponsored children” soon… And don’t miss our vlog from Erika and Andrea at the bottom of this post!...
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[Bolivia bloggers] Day 2: The dread and joy of leaving & arriving.

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The following was blogged last night in La Paz, Bolivia by Bolivia blogger Nish Weiseth at The Outdoor Wife and Deeper Story. Erik had the car running outside in the garage. It was early. 4:00am-kinda-early. My bags were loaded in the trunk of the hatchback and I quietly slipped back inside the house and made my way to Rowan’s door. I put my ear against the cold painted wood and listened – I could hear him breathing heavily in his sleep on the other side. I turned the knob slowly and walked in, the hallway light just barely warming the room. Standing next to the crib, I saw his back rise and fall with each deep breath he took....
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[Bolivia bloggers] Day 2: I’ll fly away

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We’re just a few minutes away from boarding our plane to Bolivia. I’ve taken my high-altitude medication and am feeling slightly jittery. I also have to pee like every 15 minutes–which should be fun on the plane, yes? The funny thing about traveling is that, well, unexpected things happen. My carry-on was too full and I had to re-shuffle my suitcases at the last minute while standing next to the ticketing counter (oh, my poor little tidy Clothing Bundles!!)....
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