ORGANIZATION RECORD

Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia

Website: http://www.sustainablebolivia.org/INFANTE.html

Mission: Infante’s main goal is to support victims of domestic and sexual violence. The organization aims to defend the rights of those violated and to raise community awareness. Infante provides a safe location for victims, as well as psychological support and workshops to help them reintegrate back into society. Infante has played a key role in the promotion of new local and national policies and laws to retain victims’ rights.

Year Founded: 1987

Preferred method of contact: Email for everyday communications and Skype for more detailed communications. Milli from Sustainable Bolivia is liaison, English interpreter

Project Information:

Note: Sustainable Bolivia is a volunteer placement organization that is facilitating the partnership between Nourish and Infante. We also work with Sustainable Bolivia and their partner, CECAM.

• Availability for Summer 2017: Sustainable Bolivia may have additional capacity to facilitate a second partnership between an additional Nourish Chapter and another of its community partner organizations.
• Future Project Ideas:
  • Bakery vocational training for women survivors of abuse
  • Open to adapting project to interns’ skills if have other strengths that could be utilized for therapy with women
• Ideal Group Size: 4 interns
• Accommodations: Interns have the option to stay in the Sustainable Bolivia office in Cochabamba or with homestays. See info on accommodations here.
• Skills:
  • Intermediate-advanced Spanish language skills
  • Arts/crafts skills or any type of therapeutic activity background
  • Education/psychology background helpful
  • Prefers female volunteers at least 21 years of age
  • Would like to be involved in selecting interns to match skills to project
    • IP DIRECTORS: Direct interns to fill out this form once they are being considered for the project team to share their skills with Sustainable Bolivia
• Reported cost to interns:
  • Program In-country costs (reported by partner): Costs vary by living situation.
• Additional info:
  • Sustainable Bolivia offers interns language classes in Spanish or Quechua during their stay
  • Sustainable Bolivia offers a monthly mini-grant which interns can apply for to bolster their budget for the project.

Partnership History:

• Summer 2016
  • Chapters: Duke University and Eastern Carolina University
  • Project: Funds went to support renovations to a bakery that is part of Infante’s Casa de la Mujer women’s vocational training program and domestic abuse therapy. Women learn trade skills as bakers as part of a curriculum of capacity-building and relief for vulnerable women of Cochabamba.
  • Investment: $1,000
  • Project team: 0 interns

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