Celebrating the completion of the perimeter wall outside the orphanage by the
Pitt-student group in the summer 2002 with local workers and thechildren from the hogar de niños
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.
Dan Flynn, senior, volunteered to participate in the program
Sister Leticia with children in the assembly room
Watching our bags
After receiving a donated a toy
The (recently constructed) girls' dormitory in the orphanage
Anne Kainario working on the perimeter wall
Children of different ages are in the Hogar
Without power tools and exposed to the southern sun, digging the trench for the outside wall at an
altitude of 8000 feet proves challenging during the first few days
Heavy stones are used as wall foundation before the cement is poured
Workers and students watch as the children of the Hogar perform traditonal dances to
thank the volunteers
The construction of kitchen and assembly room
Volunteer Anne Kainario with the Children from the Hogar
On a second visit in January 2002, I found myself "mobbed" when handing out donated toys
Paul being very serious
"más mezcla!!" -- the arduous task of hand-mixing cement"
February 2003
Reinhard Heinisch
heinisch@pitt.edu