Emily Ulrich came to Bolivia for a "gap year" experience and spent Fall 2006 living and working in Cochabamba with volunteer Bolivia. Already speaking Italian, she quickly learned Spanish and became a volunteer at Mis Huellitas. Huellitas is a children's center for neighborhood kids where they can spend the day while their mothers work as maids in the large condominiums nearby.
As most volunteers do Emily quickly fell in love with the kids and became an integral part of the teaching team. Her days were filled with caring for the smallest children in the center some of which are only months old!!! She quickly realized that the center needed a fenced in area where the smallest kids could run and jump and play safely.
In December Emily returned to the United States and made contact with her former high school. When they heard about her experiences and the need for a fence they began to raise money for the project. They raised $us 2,200 with various fundraisers!!
The money has arrived and the families whose children go to the center have organized several work days to build the fence but more on that in the next posting.
