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Bolivia Volunteers

Categories : Teaching / Volunteer
Activities : Community Projects / Combo Placements / Education / Languages / Medical, Health, Medicine / Sports / Sports - Land / Teaching
Countries : Bolivia
Continents : South America

General Info

Bolivia Volunteers is a non profit-making charity, with over ten years experience in placing Volunteers from the U.S.A., U.K., Australia and New Zealand...

with Projects in Cochabamba, Bolivia, including Orphanages, Schools, Children´s Hostels and Centres.

The organization came into being as a result of a 3-month Volunteer / Study / Holiday break by a group of Students from Manchester, England, visiting Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. After the break, a couple of the group decided to stay in Bolivia, and eventually settled in Cochabamba.

They completed their studies by Distance Learning, whilst helping local charities in their spare time. After a while, seeing the need for Volunteer Assistance first-hand, they began acting as Agents for a number of companies in the States and U.K., who did not have a permanent Representative in Cochabamba to look after their Volunteers.

However, they soon realized that there was an enormous difference between the amounts that the Volunteers were being charged by these companies, and the amounts of financial assistance that the Projects were given. Just where did that surplus money go?

Unable to get anything close to a satisfactory answer, they decided to go it alone. They began recruiting their own volunteers; arranging Accommodation and Placements; and despite the Project Fees being around half of those charged by the Companies, still managed to ensure that the Projects received a far greater financial contribution than before.