Living Letters visit to Uruguay and Bolivia

9 to 16 July 2009                                                  Read more about the visit

Living Letters visit to Uruguay

Odair Mateus (left) and the other members of the Living Letters team are welcomed to the Instituto de Buena Voluntad in El Cerro by its director Margot Birriel (right).

Living Letters visit to Uruguay

Youth at the Instituto de Buena Voluntad. This Methodist institution provides training for handicapped adolescents.

Living Letters visit to Uruguay

Dr Verena Grüter (Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany) engages with youth at the Instituto de Buena Voluntad.

Living Letters visit to Uruguay

At Montevideo's memorial for the detainees who "disappeared" during the Uruguayan military dictatorship.

Living Letters visit to Bolivia

Children in the streets of El Alto, the poorer and predominantly indigenous neighbour of Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz.

Living Letters visit to Bolivia

At the Defensoría de la Niñez y Adolescencia, a local organization that promotes children and youth rights in El Alto.

Living Letters visit to Bolivia

Staff members of Women's House Suma Jakana in El Alto, Bolivia, explained their work to the Living Letters team.

Living Letters visit to Bolivia

The Living Letters team with staff and students of the Andean Ecumenical Higher Institute of Theology (ISEAT) in La Paz, Bolivia.

Living Letters visit to Bolivia

At the offices of the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELB). From left to right: James Macharia (WCC intern, Kenya), IELB vice-president Bertha Uturunco, Rev. Dr Verena Grüter (Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany), Archimandrite Iosif Bosch (Ecumenical Patriarchate, Argentina), Ellen Cecilie Triumf (Church of Norway, Sami Church Council).

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