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Today we had an extremely exciting visitor to Alalay… The legendary soul singer Joss Stone! After weeks of planning (and trying to keep the visit secret from the local press!) Joss came to see us along with some of her … Continue reading →

I got back to Bolivia early on Friday morning and it has been a busy time so far – including a brief visit to the boys’ welcome house to see our maintenance work there and meet with some of the oldest boys … Continue reading →

As we have just celebrated International Womens’ Day (8th March) we thought that there was no better time to share some photos of three truly inspirational Alalay women. Firstly, Claudia Gonzales who founded Alalay as a 19-year old student and continues … Continue reading →

It has just been Carnival time in Latin America – a time of costumes, dancing, processions and (in Santa Cruz at least) throwing vast quantities of paint at each other! The Alalay kids also had their own mini carnival holiday. Since … Continue reading →

I was very kindly invited to the Bolivian Embassy in London earlier this week for a series of meetings. I spoke at length with both Giovanna Lenny Vidal, and Roberto Calzadilla (Ambassador to the UK) during my visit, and it provided a … Continue reading →

Last week I was very pleased to once again be invited to the annual House of Lords Reception held by the Latin America Travel Association (LATA), the LATA Foundation and the All Party Parliamentary British-Latin America Group. The event brought together a wide … Continue reading →

A fundamental part of Alalay’s work revolves around encouraging the children whom they support to be self-sufficient : (adjective) 1. needing no outside help in satisfying one’s basic needs […] 2. emotionally and intellectually independent. From a young age the kids … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago we mentioned the exciting new campaign started by Samsung Bolivia – “Ayudar no cuesta nada” (helping doesn’t cost anything) to help Alalay in its work with Bolivian street children. Read more about it HERE. We … Continue reading →

A very happy new year to all of our supporters from the Alalay children and staff. We are currently busy discussing new project ideas with Alalay and will update you as soon as we have any news regarding the projects … Continue reading →

We (and all of the Alalay children) would like to wish all of our wonderful Friends of Alalay supporters a very Merry Christmas. Thank you so much for all of your encouragement and practical support for our work during 2014. … Continue reading →