A girl and a boy in
the Hogar de Niños "Inmaculada Concepción," an orphanage
outside the village of Vinto, in the
province of Cochabamba,
in the Bolivian Andes
In 2002 a group of students from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown participated in a service learning/development project in the Bolivian Andes.
receiving toys, washcloths, toothpaste and
medicine
Graduate student Michelle
Edmonds peering over the perimeter wall during a pause in the work
Construction work proceeding on the two main
buildings of the orphanage near Vinto, Cochabamba
Getting it right, Senior
Jessica Benton working on the perimeter wall
Cheri Petrovich, junior,
reaching the top
Receiving first instructions
(from left to right): Amizade-Bolivia Director Jean Carla Costas, Michelle
Edmonds (Pitt), Chris Thomas (UPJ), Jessica Benton (UPJ), Cheri Petrovich
(UPJ), Paul Rutledge (UPJ), Anne Kainario (Pitt),
Dan Flynn (UPJ), Katie
Bombico (Pitt)
Children playing around
the foundations of the new kitchen
In the background the
finished perimeter wall with its new gate in January 2003, in the foreground
the construction of an annex to the main building is well under way
The children perform
traditional dances (Cueca) for the student volunteers
Boy in the orphanage in Vinto
Street in Vinto, Cochabamba
The area around the
hogar; in the background the Tunari Mountains
Photo from a visit
to the hogar in January 2003
