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Bolivia Stories

Rubén with the shoeshining box he used to useAll Work and No Play 
July 7, 2008

Rubén started his first job when he was 5 and wasn't able to attend school. Now, because of the support of his sponsor, he is able to go to school and have his supplies and fees covered. He is determined that his younger siblings will have a childhood free of work.

Worship band performsFaith in Action 
April 29, 2008

The Fuente de Vida Church was poverty-stricken, and children living in Cochabamba still slept on filthy dirt floors and suffered from malnutrition. Compassion helped them open a student center and they saw growth in the spiritual, economic, social and physical health of each child registered.

Kabir MirandaChanging the Course of History  
May 24, 2007

Kabir Miranda grew up in a city filled with abuse and violence, and his own home was run by the heavy hand of an alcoholic father. His story of deliverance begins with a perseverant mother and the hope of a heavenly Father.

Bolivia's Dr. Ruth: A Sponsor's Legacy of Love 
May 17, 2005

As a child born into poverty no one believed Ruth Coquira's desire to be a doctor was anything more than a dream. No one, that is, but her Compassion sponsor. Read how the blossoming relationship between sponsor and child helped Ruth become a healer for other destitute children.

Local Compassion: Helping Bolivia's Native Children Move Forward 
February 10, 2005

In Latin America, Bolivia has the largest indigenous population of whom 70 percent are destitute. More than half of the children enrolled in Compassion Bolivia's programs are indigenous; read how compassionate intervention is breaking poverty's hold on these youth.

Javier VillcaThe Art of Thankfulness 
March 12, 2003

Formerly sponsored child Javier Villca attends university in Cochabamba, Bolivia, through Compassion's Leadership Development Program. This motivated young man believes his Compassion sponsor, Dennis, has played an important role in his achievements as a student and artist during the last decade.
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