Category Archives: News about Water Projects

What a Water Project Means to One Family

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

By Ken Barratt, Outreach Director It’s a special and memorable privilege to attend the inauguration of a QBL project. Our group of eleven American QBL supporters experienced something not one tourist in five thousand will take part in. We were … Continue reading →

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Making the Biggest Difference

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Written by Robert Vincent, QBLUS Projects Coordinator What is the most important long-term benefit of a QBL water project? Organizing and training men and women in the community to build and maintain the project? Providing the pipes, concrete, and technical … Continue reading →

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Report from the Sojata water project

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Project Coordinator Robert Vincent reports on how our La Paz team work with the communities setting up a project and allocating responsibilities, Robert shows how we operate in real partnership with community members. QBL supporters know that their donations are used to ensure long term successful projects. Continue reading →

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Vilaque water project has been accepted for Global Giving

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Global Giving is a respected site that puts projects from all over the world on its website and manages donations from all over the world in support of those projects.  QBL was accepted earlier for its Jananqui project (see it … Continue reading →

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Report on the Condoroca Project

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

The project sought to provide 47 families with access to clean water in the village of Putini Condoroca. This report includes information from the final report, photos, and observations of our Project Coordinator, Robert Vincent, during his May 2011 visit. Continue reading →

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Robert visits the Quilloma project

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

This report comes from Robert Vincent, our Projects Coordinator. He recently visited the Community of Quilloma to look at their hand pumps and water systems. Continue reading →

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Article in The Western Friend: “A Quaker Response to Poverty in the Bolivian Andes”

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Reaching Ancoma isn’t easy. It involves driving long hours from Lake Titicaca over a 14,000 feet pass, plunging down into a deep valley and then climbing a 15,000 feet pass – all on dirt roads. Ancoma can only be reached … Continue reading →

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Visit to Janko Marca Sirpa

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

[Note from the webmaster: Robert Vincent is the Project Coordinator for QBL-US.] I returned from Bolivia a few weeks ago and wanted to share about the progress of our water project in Janko Marca Sirpa. We have been advertising it as … Continue reading →

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Global Giving representative visits QBL in Bolivia – her report

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Global Giving Latin America representative Clarissa Driban was in La Paz in May and met with some of the Janko Marca Sirpa community who were in the city. She reported – “A huge thank you to Lourdes (the head of … Continue reading →

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Jankoaqui Water Project on GlobalGiving.Org

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

QBL was recently admitted into the Global Giving catalog. Our current campaign is to fund the Jankoaqui water project that was recently approved. If we can get 50 donors and $4000 by April 30th, we will get a permanent position … Continue reading →

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