We know that you are also a

great ambassador for our

work. Therefore we ask

you to spread the infor-

mation about Proyecto

Horizonte Ushpa-Ushpa.

Please tell your family and

friends about us and show

them the work we are doing

here.

Yours

Christian Ruehmer, on behalf

of the entire team of

Proyecto Horizonte

On behalf of the entire team

of Proyecto Horizonte, I wish

you all the best for the year

2011. On February 1st 2011,

the new school year started

for over 700 children.

We want to take this as an

opportunity to tell you more

about our new sponsoring

program. As you know, our

work is based 100% on dona-

tions and we are grateful for

all of our friends who help us.

We want to expand the cir-

cle of supporters. Recurring

donations are a great way to

help us. Donations of as little

as $10/month helps! For a

little more, $15/month, you

can support one child.

Through our website, donat-

ing is very easy. Just go to

www.proyectohorizonte.org.

Hit the “Donate Now” but-

ton and enter the desired

donation.

You have many options: de-

pending on your preferences

you can sponsor one or

many kids, a teacher or

even a class. We can also

tailor a package for you.

Of course you can change or

cancel a recurring donation

at any time.

As a donor, we will of course

keep you informed about our

work.

Sponsor a Child, a Teacher, a Class. One at a time!

February 2011

Newsletter for the

Friends and Donors of

Proyecto Horizonte New Sponsoring Program for Proyecto Horizonte

Did you know?

Proyecto Horizonte is

100% financed by

private donations and

contributions from

the parents

Our administrative

expenses are close to

zero. The only ex-

pense we have are

bank transfer fees

We currently send

this Newsletter to

1000 friends of

Proyecto Horizonte, it

would be fantastic if

each of them could

forward it t at least 5

further contacts

Content

Boni Juancito Pinto

2

Year end Cele-brations and

2

The Christmas Breakfast

3

Our Team — Gloria Terceros Mendoza

3

Other Ideas how to help us

4

Help us with small recurring Donations & tell your Friends

How to start a recurring donation:

1. Go to our website “www.proyectohorizonte.org” and

click on the “Donate Now” button

2. Enter your contact details, your payment information and

select “I want to make a recurring donation—monthly”

3. Once we receive your information, we contact you with

details about the recipient of your support

4. Tell your friends and colleagues about us and moti-

vate them to support us as well!

Sponsor a child for $15 Sponsor a teacher for $100 Sponsor a class for $300

On Wednesday, November

29, the students of our

school participated in the

annual celebration of the

Boni Juancito Pinto, a govern-

ment-sponsored bonus given

to all Bolivian schoolchildren

through the eighth grade.

Each student received 200

Bolivianos ($25) in cash to

use toward educational ex-

penses. Children were ac-

companied by their parents,

siblings, and relatives on this

day and gathered in the

schoolyard to await their

bonuses. As we also started,

our inscriptions for the next

school year around that date,

we provided the opportunity

to use the money in the de-

sired way!

Proyecto Horizonte also

took advantage of the day to

promote various initiatives,

including the ongoing SODIS

project, outreach for adult

educational and development

opportunities, the artisan

handicraft of Tantakuna, and

general information regarding

the opportunities offered by

Proyecto Horizonte. More

than 500 students and rela-

tives in attendance learned

about all the programs

Proyecto Horizonte offers in

the community of Mineros

San Juan and many took steps

to participate in development

programs. A large satellite

map of the community was

available for residents to

mark their homes and sign up

for home visits from various

professionals to learn about

topics ranging from solar

water disinfection and baking

to financial management and

disease prevention. More

than fifty homes in the com-

munity were marked on this

day. In the following weeks,

psychological and nursing

interns began visiting the

interested community mem-

bers in their own homes to

discuss opportunities for

learning and development.

These door-to-door visits

will continue in 2011.

Boni Juancito Pinto

Year end Celebrations and Graduation at the Kindergarten

proximately 300 people. With

the help and guidance of edu-

cators and staff, children ages

two to five performed tradi-

tional Bolivian dances and

other musical numbers in the

courtyard of the guardería in

an array of colorful (and

sometimes sparkly!) costumes

and outfits. The day marked

the end of the year for the

children and their promotion

to the next grade. On the

following day, November

31st, the guardería celebrated

the graduation of the kinder-

garten students to the 1st

Grade in a ceremony sur-

rounded by the childrens’

friends and families.

On Thursday, November 30,

2011, Proyecto Horizonte’s

initial learning center ob-

served the last day of classes

with a large celebration

shared by educators, stu-

dents, relatives, and Proyecto

Horizonte staff. Each grade

prepared a small demonstra-

tion for the audience of ap-

Page 2

On the morning of Wednes-

day, December 22nd, the

children of Mineros San Juan

and their parents gathered at

the guardería to celebrate

Christmas and the end of the

year. The doctors and staff of

the health center, along with

several nursing interns and

Proyecto Horizonte volun-

teers, organized the celebra-

tion and arranged small

Christmas gifts for each child.

Just under 700 children of the

community enjoyed a holiday

breakfast of sweet buns and

mugs of hot chocolate. After

eating, the kids eagerly lined

up to receive their presents.

Each child received a gift bag,

containing small toys, choco-

lates, and sweets. Children sat

along the street opening their

presents together and playing

with their new dolls, trucks,

and other toys. The celebra-

tion marked the end of a suc-

cessful, healthy, and safe year

for Proyecto Horizonte with

the promise of another year

of advancement and accom-

plishment in 2011.

The Christmas Breakfast Page 3

Our Team — Gloria Terceros Mendoza

year as the director.

How did you come to the

"Proyecto Horizonte?

I was invited by Niki and Os-

valdo, but my husband Gui-

llermo was the one who

really convinced me to come

work here. I initially did not

liked the idea of working with

adults, but his enthusiasm for

Proyecto Horizonte really

made me want to do it.

What is the most gratify-

ing aspect of your work at

Proyecto Horizonte?

I worked with children for 35

years before coming here. It’s

very different to work with

adults because children are

more frank, simpler, and the

adults have a much harder

time opening up. But working

with adults has given me the

opportunity to hear their

stories and understand their

experiences, and it’s very

different from what I had

done with children before.

That’s what I like best.

If you could change some-

thing in the community of

Mineros San Juan, what

would it be?

I would eliminate illiteracy in

the community.

What do you think is the

greatest challenge of Min-

eros San Juan today?

I think the greatest challenge

Gloria Terceros is the direc-

tor of Proyecto Horizonte’s

adult education program. A

native Cochabambina, Gloria

has been an educator for al-

most 40 years in and around

the city. This will be her third

is improving life opportuni-

ties—not only economic

situations, but social situa-

tions as well. Many of the

women in the community

tell us that their husbands

don’t want them to study.

The husbands and the fa-

thers of the community

need to be convinced that

the education of women is

important. The real chal-

lenge is changing attitudes.

What makes you want

to continue working at

Proyecto Horizonte?

Well, I love to teach. I also

like the voluntary work. It’s

important to serve those

who have less. Since 2004 Raquel Carbajal

works in Proyecto Horizonte as

In the USA:

Bolivian Charity Foundation

c/o Christian Ruehmer

520 West 19th Street, #7c

New York, NY, 10011

Info@proyectohorizonte.org

In Germany:

Verein zur Förderung des Kindergartens von

c/o Claudia Laur

Aufkirchner Str. 28

82069 Hohenschäftlarn

Germany

Account: 7595

Bank: Raiffeisenbank Bank Isartal e.G

BLZ: 701 695 43

IBAN: DE80701695430000007595

BIC: GENODEF1HHS

Changing lives through education, healthcare, and

community development

Proyecto Horizonte is financed mainly by donations. We guarantee effi-ciency and transparency in the use of funds and, if you desire, you can be-

come personally involved in the project’s activities. Our current organizational structure allows us to use almost 100% of dona-tions in the project. No administrative costs or other expenses will reduce your donation. All volunteers work for free both in and outside of Bolivia.

Please help us with your donation

www.proyectohorizonte.org

Other Ideas how to help us:

you organizing a successful

event.

Sale of Handcraft and

Postcards

We have postcards and small

handcraft from the work at

Proyecto Horizonte. They are

ideal gifts or sales items. For

example a hotel was selling

our famous key-chains

through the minibars in the

rooms. Please let us know if

you have similar ideas and we

can help you set this up.

Tell us what you see and

hear

A lot of activity about pro-

jects similar to Proyecto

Horizonte or in a broader

sense the social responsible

work area is on the internet.

Every day we discover new

initiatives or blogs. We can

barely keep up with this. If

you see something of interest,

please let us know and if you

have some spare time, also

please help us by promoting

our work through those

channels.

Volunteer

We also look for volunteers

who help us from their home.

You don’t have to travel to

Bolivia to help us. We are

always looking for people

with some spare time who

Presentations a your

School, Workplace,

Club,..

In order to broader our circle

of friends, we rely on you to

tell your friends and col-

leagues about us. Frequently

students gave presentations

about us in school, others

were speaking in their com-

munity or their social club

about our work.

We have presentations and

pictures prepared to help you

with that. We can easily mail

them to you for you to print

or can even send you the

printed material. Please let us

know your ideas and we help

can help us in areas such as:

Promotion of our work

on the web (eg. Add-

words)

Marketing

Editing and Translating

of Text, preparation of

presentations

Contact Management

Publishing

And many others

As always:

Please contact us on

info@proyectohorizonte.org