Quaker Bolivia Link has Closed.

Dear Friends,
We are writing our newsletter with great sadness as we have to tell you that 2025 has turned out to be the final year for Quaker Bolivia Link because the Trustees have decided to lay down our charity.
In recent years we have tried to find new Trustees but have been unsuccessful: a lack of new blood, trustees’ ages, long service, and declining health, mean that it is not realistic to try and carry on any further.
The generosity of Quaker Meetings, individuals and Trusts has meant that the unfinished work planned for late 2025 and early 2026 will be completed. So far, we have sent $46,363 to Bolivia this year. We are planning to allocate as much of our remaining funds as we can to work in Bolivia.

There could be more projects to do and communities to help but that is no longer to be our task.
You can read in our newsletter about the projects we have supported this year and our intentions for the remainder of the year. If you have donations for us, please can you let us have them by the end of October.
This December, Quaker Bolivia Link – QBL, celebrates 30 years of service. A sister organisation in the United States followed but was laid down for similar reasons in 2020. Our sole delivery partner for many years has been the Bolivian charity, Fundación Quaker Bolivia Link, joined more recently by AVPPAV Bolivia and Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado—CIPCA.
Over the years, we have delivered around 200 projects and directly benefitted nearly 20,000 families in the rural Altiplano. We could not have done this without the years of support from many individuals, Quaker Trusts, and more than 250 Quaker Meetings. We are profoundly thankful for all this and the opportunity for service it has given every one of us who has been involved.