In Bolivia with Compassion - June 2019
With tour leader Sandeep In early June 2019, I traveled to Bolivia with a group of sponsors and staff from Compassion International to tour charity projects and visit children that I sponsor there. Compassion is a Christ-centered, church-based child-focused program, which seeks to lead children out of poverty through development in four areas: physical (health), cognitive (learning), socio-emotional (relationships with family and friends) and spiritual (relationship with God). As a sponsor, I send a small amount of money per month for each school-age child to participate in the program and receive resources.. I sponsor two kids in Bolivia, and others in other countries. The tour was headed by Sandeep, formerly sponsored as a child from India, and Shaylee, a new tour leader with several year's experience at Compassion. Our group of about 30 sponsors and staff met in Miami and traveled together to the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra for our first set of visits. Link to Bol...