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Bolivian girl born on airliner to fly free until 21
A bolivian girl was born on a TAM flight after her pregnancy was unnoticed due to a baggy sweater. Baby was named Tami, and earned free flights and a college scholarship
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The Bolivian President visited the set of The Daily Show in 2007. Enjoy the video.
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More InfoCentro Medico Humberto Parra
Centro Medico Humberto Parra strives to improve the health and well-being of poor rural Bolivian communities.
Centro Medico provides free primary healthcare, medication, health education and other health services to people who would otherwise not be able to afford them. The clinic works in partnership with the surrounding communities to enable them to lead healthy lives. Centro Medico is primarily staffed by volunteer American and Bolivian physicians and is entirely funded by private donations from Bolivia and the United States.
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July, 2000
The clinic recieved land to build on donated from Milton Parra. The clinic will be named Centro Medico Humberto Parra in honor of Milton's Father.
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Fighting Cervical Cancer at Centro Médico
Cervical cancer is a major concern in Bolivia and all over the world. It is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and strikes more than 490,000 women each year. Women in developing countries such as Bolivia are disproportionately affected; more than 80% of deaths due to cervical cancer occur in the developing world.
Centro Medico volunteers reach out to Bolivian teenagers through sexual health education
In July 2006, after spending three months in Bolivia, Sharon Hopkins, a Master of Social Work student from Nova Scotia, Canada, along with excellent help from American volunteer medical students Melissa Marinelli, Ben Gray, Lisa Jager and Lavinia Sinitean and clinic nurse Guinda Vallejos Guerra, delivered six sexual health education presentations to junior high and high school students in the towns of Yapacani and Buena Vista. The presentations were part of a sexual health project that Sharon conducted for Centro Medico Humberto Parra.
Generosity flows in both directions across the American continentsPalacios Families raise money for Hurricane Katrina families
Dr. Susan Hou, Founder and Director of the Daniels Hamant Foundation, and her daughter Tamara Wohlwend, recall the remarkable story of families in Palacios, Bolivia donating to Hurricane Katrina Victims.
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