Take a three minute journey of highlights from my four-month trip to Bolivia, where the mission was to volunteer with literacy NGO, BiblioWorks, in Sucre, Bolivia. I helped develop learning initiatives at one of their eight libraries in the small town of Morado Q’asa outside the city and worked with the BiblioWorks staff to organize, execute and … Continued
Highlights from four months of living and volunteering in Bolivia with BiblioWorks.org. Follow all of my Bolivian Adventures here: Volunteering in Bolivia Video clips were from La Paz, Morado Q’asa (BiblioWorks Library), The Death Road, Salar de Uyuni, Cochabamba, Lake Titicaca and my adopted hometown of Sucre, Bolivia. GarethMy name is Gareth Leonard, a Marketing … Continued
Sustainable social initiatives change lives forever and the visionary people who create these incredible projects that grow and impact the fortune of an existing community are who inspire me the most. There isn’t a more perfect example of this than what the Proyecto Horizonte organization is developing in the small town of Ushpa-Ushpa just outside … Continued
February found my suitcase stored in the closet and my feet securely rooted in Sucre. A figure known as Carnival cast its giant shadow over everything this month, resulting in little productivity here in Bolivia throughout February. I celebrated the festivities with local friends as we danced in the streets, drank leche de tigre (coconut, … Continued