One night in 2004, Michel, a 13-year-old boy, was lit up by headlights as he walked along the national highway that connects the cities of Cochabamba with Santa Cruz. He worked at night, selling bags of food to passengers through the windows of buses that stopped at a...
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Rodrigo Pereyra, Bolivia
A Path to Solid Development
In Bolivia, 17.8% of children between 6- and 11-years-old were not enrolled in primary school in 2016, according to data from the UDAPE 2016 (Unit for Analysis of Social and Economic Policies). This figure is even higher, 21.8%, in the department of Santa Cruz....
Patricia Rueda Becomes New National Director of NPH Bolivia
I am pleased to announce Patricia Rueda as the new NPH Bolivia National Director effective from 14 September 2020. She succeeds National Director Tom Kuiper, who returned to the Netherlands in mid-October. National Director is an important leadership position within...