From: Laura
We all love animals. If we didn’t, why would we have come to Inti Wara Yassi? But the thing about CIWY is that it doesn’t matter who you are. If anyone needs help, animal or human, big toothed or small footed, smelly or clean, child, traveler or monkey, CIWY will offer that help if it can. And a huge part of CIWY is the home that it offers to underprivileged kids. Over the years this family has grown. At Ambue Ari there is Jaime, Germán, Oso, Agrippina, Eugenia, Maria, Magali and Christina, and in Machia there’s Rusber.
German
These kids work harder than any of us volunteers, they remember our names, they always welcome a newbie with a smile, they stick it out through floods, mosquitoes, filth and fire…they are always there and let’s be honest, when we are busy with our furry friends often we don’t give them the notice they deserve. Whilst we are swimming with pumas and climbing in trees with monkeys, they are building toilets and fixing the roof of your dorm, washing sheets and cooking your dinner, feeding the birds and sweeping the paths. When we are out in Santa Maria or already sleeping soundly in our beds, they are still doing their homework by candlelight.
They have a tough life; they get to watch all of us come and go, listen to the stories of the countries we have visited, the jobs we’ve had, the educations we’ve been given. Imagine how incredible it would be if we could help these young people benefit from some of the opportunities that we take for granted. They all have dreams that extend outside of CIWY. But they need our support to help realize them.
Germán wants to be a doctor. He graduated in 2009 and will hopefully begin medical school in Santa Cruz this March. He cannot do it by himself. Tuition and books alone cost about $2000 a year. Anything that we give will help to secure this future that he wants so much, and maybe even secure the futures of the rest of our young CIWY family as well. Please, if you can, send Germán your donations by clicking the SPONSER ME button. Alternatively, if you would like to give a little bit every month then you can either email youngpeopleCIWY@hotmail.com and I will send you a standing order form, or if you don’t live in the UK use PAYPAL with the email address heather@questoverseas.com. For larger donations, similarly email Heather at Quest4Change.
All money that is donated will go to the charity Quest4change and then directly to Bolivia to pay Germán’s expenses. I know that a lot of us Parkies are unemployed (myself included!) but anything you can spare will help!
Many of us give money to large charities, but here is an opportunity to do something personal. We know these kids. We have watched them grow up. When we are in the parks, it is easy to say that they are our friends. However when we leave, it is all too easy to forget. Now we have the chance to stay in touch. We can continue to watch them grow into adults and we can help them achieve incredible things. Anything that we donate will help to secure a future that Germán wants so much, and maybe even secure the futures of the rest of our young CIWY family as well
On the 12 and 13 June, there will be a camping weekend to help us remember our Bolivian home that often seems too far away. There will be dirt, laughter, singing, chicken, mucho rum and maybe some animals too. RECREATE CIWY IN THE WOODS OF ENGLAND! Put the date in your diaries now! An annual reunion is well overdue for us CIWYians, and hopefully we can raise some money for these kids at the same time. If you have any questions or want to get involved, please email me youngpeopleCIWY@hotmail.com.
Thank you so much for all the love and hard work that you have given to CIWY. Big smelly hugs all over the world!
Laura
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