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VH recently held a fundraiser where we sold raffle tickets to raise funds for our new student-home property. We are pleased to announce that we raised $15,000, more than enough to purchase the land!

Congratulation to our three winners:

First Prize - Round trip airfare from Norway to Bolivia and an Alligator Safari for 2 people.
Mari Tjønn, Tuddal

Second Prize - A beautiful ring with an Opal gemstone.
Dorte Follegg, Porsgrunn

Third Prize - Cell phone
Ivar Skjoldnes, Oslo

If you missed out on this opportunity to give, not to worry, we still need to raise funds for construction. Please contact Aija or Ingvild at for more information.

Thanks you one and all!

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Hogar de Niňos Valle Hermoso
Valle Hermoso means "The Beautiful Valley" and is located in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The children's home serves 15 precious children from the ages of 4 to 18. Some of the children are orphans and others are from families where their parents where unable to care for them. Today all new children joining the home come as referrals from the government of Bolivia.

Our goal at Valle Hermoso is to develop an organization with high standards! We offer a home like environment that provides love and care on an individual basis for the children. We also work to provide both formal and informal education. Our hope for most children is that they will attend and graduate from local universities before moving to live on their own. We work to instill positive Christian values and ethics that will serve these young people well as they grow up and begin to start families of their own.

With the help of our donors we are able to provide for more than just daily needs, we also work to restore a positive world view and break the cycle of poverty in these children's lives.

Valle Hermoso receives the majority of its financial support from Norway. They also receive some support from the USA and Cafe Yungas grants. Viva Bolivia partners with Valle Hermoso by providing leadership development, strategic planning, Web space and friend-raising services. Today Valle Hermoso is recognized by the Bolivian government and is an example for other social organizations serving in Bolivia.

Aija Tørre, who founded Valle Hermoso, serves as the Director of Board for Valle Hermoso. She lives in Norway and continues to offer advice and management guidance. The day-to-day operations are run by Margarita (Bolivian Director) and a staff of three other Bolivians.

New Student Housing - An Opportunity to Give!
In 2005, Ingvild Tørre Riis came to Bolivia, Cochabamba and saw the precious work at Valle Hermoso. She got touched in her heart and decided to serve VH from Norway. Today Ingvild forms part of the Board and acts as the primary fundraiser for the children's home and new student home. Aija and Ingvild are working together to keep sponsors updated with latest news from VH, translate correspondence, keep up accounts, provide guidance to VH staff in Bolivia and to do routine follow-up work.

As time has passed, several of our children have grown to 18 years old and we saw a real need at VH: A Student Home! At this age the youth have different needs, different study time schedules and even more important - become more independent. The families where they come from have no possibilities to support the children, not to mention to provide for higher education. To completely break the cycle of poverty we feel that we should help them with this last stage before they can be completely independent and start families of their own.

We are proud to announce that we have located a property right beside VH and we are planning to build a Student Home - Valle Hermoso! At the moment we are looking for sponsors to buy this property. We have some donations, but need to raise $Us 13,000 for the purchase of the property and then will need funds to build the home. If you would like to get personally involved with Valle Hermoso or send a special gift, you can contact Aija at aijatorre@gmail.com (Norwegian, Latvian, Spanish or English) or Ingvild at ingvildtr@gmail.com (Norwegian, Spanish or English) or contact us (English and Spanish) at Viva Bolivia to learn more about their dreams and plans for the future.

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Photos:

Best student of the year	Our new Student Home property	Walking joyfully to school	Precious VH	Recreation at Buganvillas
Ingvild fellowshipping with the girls	VH mascot	Aija on a walk with VH staff	Who will win?	Our hairdresser practicing

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Director's Update:

Updates are written in Norwegian because this is the language of the majority of the sponsors for VH children. However, if you would like to read a particular newsletter in English, just let us know. I think you will find the pictures tell most of the story. (Some of the older newsletters have been translated to English and you will find them below).

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Then and Now

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Update Archives:
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					March 2010
December 2009	September 2009	June 2009	March 2009	January 2009	December 2008
October 2008	July 2008	April 2008	January 2008	December 2007	October 2007
September 2007	June 2007	March 2007	January 2007	December 2006	November 2006
September 2006	December 2005	November 2005	July 2005	June 2005	April 2005
January 2005-2	January 2005	November 2004	October 2004	September 2004-2	September 2004
August 2004	May 2004	March 2004	December 2003	July 2003	March 2003

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