by John Scardina | Nov 21, 2013 | General news, News about Agricultural Projects, QBLUS
Did you realize that 2013 was named the International Year of Quinoa by the United Nations? Quinoa, a native crop of the Andes, has been called the “miracle grain” due to its nutritional properties. We’ve seen several articles talking about the boom in Bolivia. The...
by John Scardina | Mar 22, 2013 | General news, News about Water Projects
QBL started the project at the end of October. Our Bolivian staff met with the villagers and finalized the details of the project design. QBL worked with the community to organize the first tasks of digging the ditches. They also began making some of the purchases for...
by John Scardina | Sep 20, 2012 | General news
This phrase, “aquicito no mas,” is common when trekking through the Andean countryside. I chuckle every time I hear it. At 12,000 ft, during a hike to a distant spring, I often need some time to rest and catch my breath. I will be assured that the spring is aquicito...
by John Scardina | Sep 5, 2012 | Donor News, General news, News about Projects
Watch QBL’s new video below. The footage was taken from a recent trip to Bolivia by our outreach director, Ken Barratt, who led a group to visit many of the historical and tourist sites around La Paz and several QBL projects.
by John Scardina | Sep 5, 2012 | General news
By Ken Barratt, Outreach Director QBL technician Sandra Laura has to be at the terminal before five in the morning to catch a bus out to Vilaque, one of our villages in the Pacajes region. She has a four hour journey ahead of her, much of it over dirt roads where the...
by John Scardina | Mar 29, 2012 | Donor News, General news
In a recent letter to our supporters, we mentioned that our publicity materials are nearly always in black and white. We believe you want us to spend your donations on the Bolivian people, not glossy colored mailings. Unfortunately, the black and white pictures...
