CONFIA

Project Managers: Juan Power and Martha Sutter

CONFIA was created in 1995 to benefit poor communities in the greater La Paz area of Bolivia. Their work initially focused on assisting orphans and street children, and those interned in hospitals and institutions. This ranged from organizing milk drives and food donations to procuring books and educational tools needed to significantly improve the educational infrastructure of the city's orphanages.

CONFIA continued to broaden their scope of operation to include capacity-building programs in the areas of Advocacy, Reproductive Health education and Gender Equality, Legal Aid and Citizenship.

El Alto, a city 45 minutes outside La Paz, has four districts with a total population of 750,000. Much of the population is comprised of emigrants from rural areas. The index of poverty is 75%, with 50% extremely poor. CONFIA partners with the Civil Society of El Alto, and coordinates efforts with the El Alto Health Department and "Defensorías" (a department of City Hall which deals with all population at risk).

La Paz, Bolivia


Orphan children

CONFIA volunteers serving a snack to 140 children.

Newspaper Article

Not often one would consider a La Paz Orphanage a place where dreams come true, but for two consecutive years, thanks to the selfless interest of such individuals as Isabel Girardot Berg of the World Bank, and a host of enterprises, Christmas at Mixto La Paz orphanage was just that.

Other Programs

On our frequent visits to a social hospital, we get to know a lot of poor mothers who have given birth there. We have been registering them for this program. There are already about 400 families registered. We are able to give them food and sometimes milk as well.