Cochabamba Child

We organize sponsorships with children from Cochabamba and Oruro. With 20 euros per month, you can help a child from a poor background to go to school, buy the school uniform, books and pens necessary for the class.
The money from the sponsorship is managed by the main teachers from the schools with which we work, up to the 14 years of the child (minimum legal schooling age) and is given to the child once he/she has reached 14. About 50 kids are currently sponsored this way. The sponsors get regular news from the children, and they can write directly to them. The Ravasco school in Cochabamba has an Internet connexion, which makes communication between children and sponsors much easier.
Still too many kids are not going to school and have to work to bring money home instead. Sponsorship is the best way to help solve this problem; it's also the simplest and most effective way of getting involved in Bolivia.

Smiles and friendliness

We regularly organize exhibitions, sales or information meetings. By attending these events, you'll be able to know more about the progress of our projects, you'll meet people who are ready to answer your questions. You'll also be able to buy local crafts, quinoa, books that allow to finance our projects. Come and get to know us if you are interested in joining us on the field.

We need money to finance our projects, a consistent amount of it often, as is the case for the Chipayas project. We are looking for patrons to finance our material needs. All the members of the association Point d'Appui are voluntary helpers and there are almost no management costs. We can guarantee that all of the money we receive is used to subsidize the project in which you want to get involved, and nothing else. Becoming a patron will allow you to improve your image: in 2001, the Priméal company granted funds for a computer project in a school; this was mentioned in their commercial documents.

Board

If you have some time to dedicate to the association and are ready to get involved personally, we are always looking for active members that are ready to keep the information stalls of Point d'Appui, attend meetings and participate actively in our projects. There is no shortage of work! Members receive the news bulletin from Point d'Appui, have their say in the decisions from the association, can contribute articles to the Internet site? By becoming a member, you can also submit and defend personal projects to help Bolivian people.

On this site, under the Latest News title, you'll find a table where we call upon various skills. They correspond to the most urgent needs of our association. If you possess the necessary skills and are willing to help, please contact us. Or ask around you if someone has the skills to help us. Or maybe you can get some useful material (computers, school or medical material?). Let us know by writing to the address above; stuff that we throw away can often still be of use in Bolivia.

Events are for us the best way to meet interesting people. If you are willing to organise a stall for Point d'Appui in a market to promote our action, please write to us at the address above to get more information. If you want to help us in our campaign to make people aware of our projects, we are looking for places to host a photo and Chipaya craft exhibition. Please contact us about the dates of availability at the address above

And last but not least? if you know Bolivia, if you have travelled or lived there and that you know what the population needs, if you have an idea for a project, we are ready to hear your ideas. Different projects (Chipaya Indians, computer room in Oruro, cultural activities in orphanages) have been created this way.