Cochabamba, Bolivia: Photos

Hola a todos,

As promised, below are some photos from my volunteer work in Cochabamba, Bolivia.  I hope you enjoy them.

Cheers,

Ashley

Proyecto Horizonte - The School 

Children's Day at Proyecto Horizonte (600 kids attended festivities)

Ushpa Ushpa, view of the community from a school window

Community bakery, run by the women in Tantakuna

A few of my fellow volunteers at Proyecto Horizonte

Prepping for expansion

Some of the students I worked with, among them Yesenia and Alex (front)

Monthy Soccer Tournament at Proyecto Horizonte - 70 kids from 5-13!

My team, Uruguay.  We won second place!

Gracias, Ashley!  

My thank-you cake for my last day at the school. Made by the local bakery.

 Proyecto Horizonte - Tantakuna Women's Group

Tantakuna women's group

Knitting traditional crafts

Creating a ball of yarn

Traditional weaving technique

Traditional weaving technique

My Bolivian Family

My Bolivian family - Aldo, my "brother", and Chuly, my host mom,
at an international food festival at a local college

Pookie, the family pup

My host mom, Chuly, and I

At my host mom's birthday party - all of the women in the family

My washing machine

My house



Around Cochabamba

Another march - the medical workers and students were on strike the entire time I was in Bolivia

The giant statue of Christ overlooking Cochabamba

Volunteers Sanna, Diane, and Ida on our trek to the Christ statue