-By Emilia Hall- We are very excited to say that in December, Pintar en Bolivia was invited for the first time to French regional TV! And what’s more, we now have a subtitled version we can share for you to enjoy! Violaine, who is part......
-By Emilia Hall- Project Kallpa is Pintar en Bolivia’s Women Empowerment project. Kallpa (meaning “strength” in Quechua) offers support to vulnerable women within the city of Cochabamba, using art therapy as a tool geared towards self-expression. The project does this in a number of ways;......
-by Emilia Hall- Bolivia, as we’ve mentioned in previous posts, is a country that has a restrictive taboo surrounding the topic of mental health. And this is something that becomes more and more apparent to us when working in Project T’ikay, a project that......
-by Emilia Hall- T’ikay: in Quechua, meaning to flourish, to bloom. And this is exactly what Pintar en Bolivia’s Project T’ikay aims to do. Working in a local centre that houses children who have suffered from severe and traumatic burns, the project encourages the......
-by Emilia Hall- The morning of Día de la Mujer found our usually sunny Cochabamba under a rare rainy day. Making our way to CBA (Centro Bolivianio Americano, a socially focused school that teaches English), we worried somewhat about attendance…for if there’s one thing......
On the 7th of September 2018 Pintar en Bolivia organised a community event called Art Break Day in Parque Lincoln Cochabamba. Art Break Days is an international event that takes place once a year in the first week of September in over 203 communities......
-by Chris Lucas- I am a musician from Australia and I have been in Bolivia for three weeks now, and have throughly enjoyed my time here so far. Although a walk through Cochabamba makes it easy to see that a large sector of the......
We all move forward when we recognize how resilient and striken the women around us are. – Rupi Kaur March 8th, the ‘International Women’s Day’, an extremely important day for the women in the shelter. A day of recognition for ALL women who have experience violence......
-by Rebeca Alguilar Walkley- Art allows the unspeakable to be spoken. – Artwell Art Therapy This young lady never had much care from her mother, who spent a lot time in a psychiatric centres. Her violent stepfather took care of her. On top of......
-by Rebeca Alguilar Walkley- I am a graphic designer, half spanish half english, who embarked on a 6 month travel across south america. Prior to leaving, I was eager to do a volunteer job or two while away; after weeks of google searching I came......
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