Expanding the ‘Planting for the Future’ project into the Aldea itself was an idea met with mixed emotion. On the one hand, the children of the Aldea, living with very limited supervision and almost no behavioral checks, can be a bit destructive at times. Trash is often dropped to the ground wherever is most convenient,...
Roughly one hour from Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s economic capital, the rattling Nissan commercial truck – packed with adolescent boys and citrus saplings turns off the main road. The suspension long since gone, each puddled pot hole must be addressed carefully, slowly. Villa Alba appears shortly: a small one-room cement hut with a covered patio and...
Buying fruits and vegetables is only a short-term solution to the children’s nutritional problems. On March 2, AVOC will begin an agricultural program designed to grow a significant portion of the fruits and vegetables required for 400 children. As time passes, this agricultural program will decrease the cost of our ‘Fruit for 400′ program. Below,...
What does it cost to provide fruit to roughly 400 children for an entire year? A lot less than you might think: $1,985.73. The table below shows AVOC’s anticipated fruit purchases for the next twelve months. Fruits have been chosen based on their availability and cost depending on the month. In some cases the cost...
Family and peers, at least in the traditional sense, play the largest role in a youth’s life; they influence life paths, reassure important decisions, and ultimately decide into what kind of person the youth will grow. We see these roles, family and peer, played out every day, with every person we meet. Statistically, more children...
