by admin | Jul 16, 2011 | News about Water Projects
[This report comes from Robert Vincent, our Projects Coordinator.] Part of my work involves site visits to check on the projects we have financed. I try to visit with four or five families and get a sense of how they feel about a project, whether there are any ongoing...
by admin | Jun 30, 2011 | General news, News about Water Projects
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 by crossing this 15,000 foot dirt...
by John Scardina | Jun 14, 2011 | News about Water Projects
[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 Jankoaqui, but the actual name is...
by admin | Jun 12, 2011 | News about Water Projects, QBLUS
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 our La Paz technical team) and QBL for providing...
by admin | Apr 21, 2011 | News about Agricultural Projects
(Pat Close, QBL Board member, sends this update from her trip viewing QBL projects in Bolivia – April 15 email) Dear F/friends- Our visit to the Huancollo and Sojata greenhouses was glorious, glorious greens and reds. The produce was abundant and healthy. Inside...
by admin | Apr 8, 2011 | Donor News, General news, News about Projects, News about Water Projects, QBLUS
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 on the Global Giving site. [Note added...
