November 2011
The transport from Sucre to Uyuni/Tahua
 The kids can hardly wait to play, it wasn’t even painted! Other Deliveries for the Boarding School
August 2011Boarding School in Tahua in Full Swing Since March 2011, 17 pupils from the isolated rural villages around Tahua are living permanently at the Boarding School. The children are very happy with their new home!
Two ladies have been recruited and are responsible for looking after the children. We have purchased metal lockers and cupboards in Sucre at a technical school which gives school drop outs a second chance. Due to the abnominal weather conditions around the Salt Lakes, it has not been possible to transport these materials until now.  Water can still be seen on the Salt Lake This year, Tahua has seen the worst snow storms in 20 years. Some villages have been cut off from the outside world for a month. Tourists have been evacuated by helicopters and army trucks. "July should have been the driest month of the year. But all the snow has melted. I have never seen the Salt Lake covered with so much water in July," says Dirk Dekker, coordinator in Bolivia. At the moment we are working on:
We have also bought a tv. But there are clear rules for the children: you can only watch tv when you have finished your homework. And only then!    the day's schedule at the Boarding School  some of the boys in the village of Tahua  and the new tv, Dirk and some visitors Early March 2011Extreme weather conditions in Bolivia Last week it rained, rained and ... rained. Serious mudslides and floods struck many places in Bolivia. Extreme weather 1 Extreme weather 2 Tahua has had a lot of rain but luckily not as extreme as in other parts. However, the village cannot be reached at the moment. It is not possible to cross the salt lake. The telephones are down as well. Due to the problems, the national government has decided to postpone the last day of the summer holidays for all schools in the county. Classes in Tahua will start again in Mid March, a month later than planned. January 2011Happy New Year! We start the new year with a letter from one of Boarding School Tahua’s donors: First of all, I would like to congratulate you with the opening of your school in December 2010. I have been familiar with the project since 2004 when I was in Sucre and where I’ve met Dirk and Sayda. I was impressed by the substantial mathematical deficiency a child may build up when this is not developed in the crucial period. This means that it is impossible to overcome this deficit. One could compare it to an untreated amblyopic eye, a deficit we are all familiar with. For me the Tahua project would be a wonderful opportunity to offer children a safe and stimulating developmental environment at the salt flats of Uyuni, Bolovia. Above all, the Tahua project has differentiated itself by small-scale, its efficiency and well thought-out development of durability and personal contacts. This was a reason for me to draw attention to the project at my 25th professional jubilee at Xonar, which resulted in a donation of 540.- Euros. In my profession at Xonar (a large youth care assistance organization, situated in the south of Limburg, in the southeast of the Netherlands), I often work with very young children. These children, as their parents, ask for additional guidance and care, to which we (Xonar) and myself as pediatrician pay attention to the following points:
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