21 Dec 2018
(This blog post in swedish can be seen here.)
In the summer of 2018 me and my family was in Bolivia and we revisited the poor Larati community. Our charity gave to them last year but this time I was also there with my family.
Our help consisted of giving yarn to a woman association and rice, sugar, cooking oil and macaroni to around 138 families. This was given on July 20, 2018.
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Packing done
Travel
Travel
Farmer in Larati
Building of OTB
Preparing
My family
Waiting
Cooking oil
My children helped a lot
Food for us as a gift
Potatoes as gift for us
Potatoes as gift for us
This sheep was a gift for us
They really wanted to give thank you gifts to me and my family and it would be rude to not accept, so we accepted. It was a lot of food to eat, 2 big sacs of potatoes and one sheep we brought home to our place in Bolivia. Our children loved that sheep and wanted to bring it home to our house in Sweden which is of course not possible :)
A big thanks to the following volunteers
The following people spent a lot of hours without compensation making this possible:
Alicia Vargas Corrales, Neyda Montaño Vargas, Daniel Montaño Vargas, Jim Westergren, Alvin Westergren, Alice Westergren.
A big thanks to the following who donated money and made this possible
TodaysWeb Ltda., Ekonomifokus, Våning 18 AB, Be Better Online, Glashusen AB, Pineberry AB, Brath, Defiso Media AB, Modifinder AB, Rabattkodsidor.se.
How the money was spent
- 432 yarn skeins (not on a photo, was given by Neyda the day before): 5270 bolivianos
- 138 sacs of sugar (1564 kilogram): 21390 bolivianos
- 162 bottles of sunflower oil (292 litres): 4650 bolivianos
- 47 sacs of rice (2300 kilogram): 16215 bolivianos
- 1400 bags of macaroni: 5040 bolivianos
- Payment to volunteers from donation money: 0
Total: 52565 bolivianos (7708 USD)
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21 Dec 2018
(This blog post in swedish can be seen here.)
When I and my family were in Bolivia this summer, we discovered that there were a lot of remnants of purchases made for the donation in Larati in June 2017. This was in our house in Sacaba and we hired a truck and gave it to the poor in the square in Sacaba on June 23, 2018. We also gave a lot of things from our house after a big cleaning that we had done. No money was taken for this.
2 Jul 2017
(This blog post in swedish can be seen here.)
The Larati Community (Sindicato Agrario Larati Grande) is a poor area around 1,5 hours away from the Cochabamba city.
Our help consisted of giving more than 5000 kilogram of food, children clothes and a football to around 200 families. The giving was made on the 21st of june 2017.
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Transportation
Food they invited as a thank you
The team of volunteers
A big thanks to the following volunteers
The following people spent a lot of hours without compensation making this possible:
Giovana Villaroel Miranda, Daniel Montaño Vargas, Alicia Vargas Corrales, Evelin Vargas Villazon, Carlos Roberto Claros Adrian, Jhonny Villarroel Miranda, Jhessica Vallá, Jasmani Montaño Vargas, Neyda Montaño Vargas, Jim Westergren
A big thanks to the following who donated money and made this possible
TodaysWeb Ltda., Rabatterat.se, Kampanjjakt, Pineberry AB, Defiso Media AB, Flighton AB, Glashusen AB, Brath, Logokompaniet, Modifinder AB, REBEL Internet BV, Rabattkoder Expressen, Rabattkodsidor.se, Be Better Online, Braulio AB, Upplevelse.com, Webb365.se, Skribentus, SearchMint AB, Arif Kurbanov, Presentguiden, Hans Svensson, Shiler Keyvan, Triop AB, Turneround Webb AB, Årsunda Webbinvest AB and others that contributed smaller amounts.
How the money was spent
- 200 sacs of rice (2300 kilogram): 12000 bolivianos
- 200 sacs of sugar (2300 kilogram): 12000 bolivianos
- 170 bags of macaroni: 7990 bolivianos
- Clothes for around 500 children: 3500 bolivianos
- 170 bottles of sunflower oil (340 litres): 3400 bolivianos
- 170 balls: 4800 bolivianos
- Gasoline for transport: 400 bolivianos
- Candy for 170 families: 1600 bolivianos
- Coca cola, cakes and chicoloac for 150 people: 519 bolivianos
- Stolen: 12331 bolivianos
- Payment to volunteers from donation money: 0
Total: 58540 bolivianos (8472 USD)
It is very unfortunate that some criminals followed a few of our volunteers to their home town (the ones taking care of the donation money), broke their car and stole around 1 784 USD from the car. They did a police report and we have been taking actions to minimize the risk in the future.
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30 Dec 2014
(This blog post in swedish can be seen here.)
In Bolivia the people in the Arque Province are considered some of the most poor in Bolivia. They have very little access to water and electricity and with an average of just 1.7 years of schooling. They often lack food and many of them live in a cold area.
We took out $5000 USD from the donated money and bought rice, sugar, children clothes and bread which we gave to more than 200 families. We also gave 10 sacs of rice and 10 sacs of sugar to the school so that they have for giving food to the children living there. Many of the children living at the school has been suffering for lack of food.
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Filling the bags.
400 in total.
She takes care of the children in the school.
A big thanks to the following volunteers
The following people spent between 5-100 hours working on this during christmas time without compensation:
Neyda Montańo Vargas, Jasmani Montańo Vargas, Alicia Montańo Vargas, Jim Westergren, Daniel Montańo Vargas, Giovanna Villaruel, Evelin Vargas Villazon, Marco Figaroa Fernandez, Carlos Roberto Adriani, Anna Masverto, Waldo Villaruel, Marcial Montańo Vargas, Johnny Jimenes.
To prepare most of us stayed up and worked until 01:00 AM and then went up at 04:30 AM to travel with just a few hours sleep.
A big thanks to the following who donated money and made this possible
TodaysWeb Ltda., Logokompaniet, Kampanjjakt.se, Modifinder AB, Skribentus, Medium Group AB, SearchMint AB, Brath, Presentguiden, Arif Kurbanov, Be Better Online, Shiler Keyvan, Voosit, Wåtz.com, GLX Media AB, Webb365, Happycords, Turneround Webb AB, Evig Webb, Erik Elmqvist, Lilon AB, Nicklas Strindell and Philip Blomsterberg.
How the money was spent
$5000 USD was exchanged to 34650 bolivianos.
- 54 sacs of rice (2592 kilogram): 15282 bolivianos
- 54 sacs of sugar (2592 kilogram): 10800 bolivianos
- 21 packages (20 units each) of macaroni: 1365 bolivianos
- 96 sport pants for children: 1105 bolivianos
- 120 sweaters for children: 1375 bolivianos
- Baby clothes for 84 children: 1300 bolivianos
- 600 breads: 300 bolivianos
- Bags to package the rice and sugar: 832 bolivianos
- Rent of truck with driver: 1400 bolivianos
- Gasoline for truck and 2 cars: 507 bolivianos
- Food for the volunteers: 410 bolivianos
- Taxi: 40 bolivianos
- Payment to volunteers: 0
You are very welcome with your donation for our next giving.
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Thank you.
18 Nov 2014
We are very proud to announce the launch of our new website. The design was created by Modifinder AB.
20 Dec 2012
For most children in the rich part of the worlds christmas gifts and christmas joy something you take for granted but for many poor and orphanage children in Bolivia not even a daily meal can be taken for granted. Even less access to educational material and toys. Therefore N.nu will be donating, without intermediaries, 10 percent of all income in December to vulnerable children in Bolivia. N.nu will document the handing over of the gifts so that you can see the pictures here on the blog.
Take advantage of discounts and the opportunity to give the poor and orphaned children in Bolivia an unforgettable Christmas present!
18 Jan 2012
Between December 20 and December 31, 2012, N.nu did a christmas campaign. Besides a substantial discount N.nu also promised that 10% of the earnings would go directly to the orphans in Bolivia.
The campaign went very well and we collected $1,438 USD to the children. It might not sound like much, but remember that the salary of a qualified teacher in Bolivia is 285 USD per month and that the support from the state to the orphanages is only equivalent to about $30 USD per month, per child. Children's homes are totally dependent on donations to be able to function.
My wife and I currently live in Bolivia bought gifts and gave them to the nearest two orphanages January 6:
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