WMF Bolivia collaborates with locally run organizations serving those vulnerable to poverty and exploitation.
Ariel Alexander, the Latin America Regional Coordinator for Word Made Flesh, facilitates opportunities for interns and volunteers to serve with local partners who respond to both educational vulnerabilities and sexual exploitation through economic opportunities. If you are interested in applying for internships in Bolivia or Latin America, you can Apply Here.
Bolivia Blog
A little bit of the Spirit World
The first Friday of the month in Bolivia is a spiritually dark day. Traditionally on this day Pachamama, the Andean Mother Earth, receives sacrifices and petitions for the coming month. Our friends who are registered in local brothels are required to take part in these sacrifices of alcohol, small animal carcasses, or plastic objects representing…
Bolivian Politics
So when the one-talent man gets his one talent, he's scared out of his wits that he may lose it and, instead of shooting for the moon, stuffs it in an old sock and shoots it up the chimney. Frederick Buechner A while back I promised you a letter about Bolivian politics, and this is…
A few drops of patriotism
Growing up in Ethiopia didn't make me the most patriotic soul that has ever sported a US passport. That doesn't mean I don't like a good barbeque with some apple pie thrown in, or that I plan to apply for Australian citizenship anytime soon. It just means I look at our politics from a slightly…