Experiential education & community service in Bolivia
- Bolivia
- La Paz
- Cochabamba
- Sucre
About Program
Bolivia is a country of contradictions and extremes, boasting one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. Bolivia is home to a highly-elevated portion of the Andes, a chunk of the Amazon rainforest, tropical savannah, dry valleys, and the largest salt flat in the world. Culturally, Bolivia boasts 36 official languages besides Spanish, all of which belong to indigenous people of the Andes and the Amazon.
On Operation Groundswell’s Lands & Livelihoods program, we will try to understand how livelihoods are impacted by globalization’s push for rapid change and how one can resist this mass movement. We will examine how systemic pressures, food sustainability, and access to clean water all intersect with and affect climate change. And of course, we will also see the different forms of tourism and how it can impact a place and culture.
Get ready to think critically about the space we occupy as a traveler and deconstruct that power and harness it positively!
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Program Highlights
- Discover diverse neighbourhoods, navigate the continent’s largest black market, and get your hands dirty with Fundacion Alternativas, an urban food sustainability project.
- In the shadow of Bolivia’s snowy peaks, explore La Paz, the world’s highest capital city.
- Hike to a remote community in the altiplano around Sucre to collaborate on a local development project while camping under the stars!
- Immerse yourself in Bolivian culture and unpack the effects of climate change with local organizers and ecological producers in Central Bolivia.