Graduates Primary: 6 Kindergarten: 5
University students: 3 Volunteers: 7 Year of Service Youths: 3 Confirmations: 6
At NPH Bolivia, the staff offices are in the same building as the dining hall. To give our employees their own space, we finished an interior division this year, thanks to the support of NPH Netherlands, Wereoulders. Our children attend school and Sunday Mass in Portachuelo, a village 30 minutes away from our home. Our family is constantly growing and one minibus was no longer enough to transport everyone. We were able to purchase a minibus with the help of the Neuapostalische Kirche Sueddeutschland (New Apostolic Church of Southern Germany) and NPH Germany. During their leisure time and on weekends, the children love to play soccer or just run around and play outside. But during the rainy season, approximately November to March, they enjoy doing activities inside. With the kind contribution of NPH Netherlands we purchased tabletop soccer and tennis, plus board games. The Bible forms a very important basis for the Christian education of our children. Our wish was to offer our children Bibles for their First Communion and Confirmation classes, and religious education classes at school. We are grateful for the kind donation by NPH Switzerland that helped us to purchase Bibles for our home. Throughout the year, we enjoyed wonderful moments and great activities together as a family. During winter vacation, our children created beautiful bracelets, beaded animals, bookmarks, and other crafts. Through this work they had the chance to show their creativity and express thanks to donors. In a vacation Bible camp in January, sponsored by NPH Germany, the children learned about Christian values through workshops and games. Our children enjoyed the camp and we are going to repeat it next year. This year, two young women became the first from our home to enter university, in the city of Santa Cruz. They are studying 32 NPH Bolivia 2011
commercial engineering and accounting. Both are working very hard to fulfill their dream of receiving a college degree. In addition, two of our older boys finished their year-of-service and started preparatory courses to enter university in November 2012. They will focus on mechanical and electrical engineering. We were very happy to welcome a new doctor in November. He is in charge of giving our children the best medical care possible and running workshops for our children and educators. Four new volunteers came to our NPH Bolivia home in 2011. One volunteer supported our family as a caregiver, while the other volunteers worked as a Communications Officer, Resource Teacher, and Extracurricular Activities Coordinator. We are happy to announce that two of our volunteers extended their stay for an additional year, and will serve as Sponsorship/ Volunteer Coordinator and Project Coordinator/ National Director Assistant. The NPHI Family Services team worked together with the local Family Services team to offer workshops for our children and educators on a regular basis throughout the year. The local Family Services team carried out workshops on sexual education, studying techniques, family roots and future plans. They helped our children and adolescents to find their own strengths and enhance their selfesteem. The educators received guidance about the values of NPH, and learned how to resolve conflicts, be a friend and good listener, give advice, and protect our children. Moreover, our caregivers received training emphasizing what their work means and how important their job is. NPHI Family Services also initiated training in cooperation with the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), where educators and employees learned methods of managing difficult situations. NPH Bolivia, founded in 2005, is the youngest of all the NPH homes. There are still many projects we want to accomplish in