Centro Bilingüe Internacional Amigos
Friends International Bilingual Center
Address/Direccion: Zona Miraflores, Avenida Hugo Estrada, Nro. 78. Oficina 406, Piso 4, la Paz -Bolivia
"It is better to receive good instruction than riches."
"Mejor recibir la buena instrucción que las riquezas."
Biosand Filters Project
Bolivian Quaker Youth and the water crisis. Climate change has had a large impact over the last 20 years in Bolivia. Recently young Friends have been building biosand water filters for providing clean and safe water to Bolivians who do not have water due to extreme droughts and flooding. Each biosand filter costs $50, which can be used by two or three families since it provides 72 liters per day.
For more information on how to support this project contact us at centrobilingueamigos7bo@gmail.com
International Quaker Youth Project
Young Friends from different countries have done
activities to share their faith and work.
Contact us about this project at centrobilingueamigos7bo@gmail.com
Food Security Project
Young Friends working on Food Security Project that consists of distributing food and seed potatoes to indigenous families in Bolivian. We started this project in 2023. The families lost their crops due to the severe drought at the end of 2022. In the first stage of this project from March to June, 2023 we distributed potatoes for eating to 150 families. Each family received 100 pounds of potatoes to sustain their families. The cost of potatoes per family was $50 (dollars). Click on the reports to read the stories and see photos of this project: Project Report 1, Report 2, Report 3
In our second stage of this project from September to November, 2023 more than 300 families received seed potatoes for sowing in October and early November of 2023. We distributed 125 pounds of seed potatoes to each family at a cost of $50 (dollars) per family. Click on the reports to read the stories and see the photos of this project: Seed potatoes Report 1, Report 2, Report 3, Report 4
2024 FSP: Seed Potatoes
In 2024 we continued helping families in the communities that were affected by climate change. There is a need for food to sustain their families. So, we distribute rice, oil and sugar to families in first half of they year. See pictures and stories about it, click on the report article to read the stories of this project: report 1; -report 2; -report 3; report 4; report 5
And from October and November, 2024 we distributed 125 pounds of seed potatoes to each family in four indigenous communities.
2025 FSP: Seed Potatoes
In 2025 we distributed food items in the jungle area. And families received seed potatoes in the communities that were affected by floods in January. The rivers overflowded, so the crops and food for animals were damaged. A donation of $50 supported one family. 171 families benefited from this project. Click here to read the stories about this work: report 1
2026 Food Security Project
This year the distribution of food items benefited 81 families whose crops were damaged by severe frost. And we plan to distribute seed potatoes to 150 families in the planting season (October and november). Click here to read more about it (flyer)
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