21 Years of Humanitarian and Educational Expeditions to Bolivia


Thank you for your many years of support. After 25 trips and 21 consecutive years we have accompolished many things and empowered the Bolivians to carry on with what we have started. Our future activities in Boliiva will include Rotary projects for health and clean water, facilitating adoptions to the U.S., and coordinating educational exchange visits for dentists. As these things are developed we will update this web site. This website was updated on April 5, 2008. Click here to read our last letter.

Check out the Bolivian Photos and Stories

In Memorium
Hna. Estefania Murry Logue
1921-2006
Co-founder of the Amanecer program and considered the "Mother Teresa" of Bolivia. Most of our work was done for the Amanecer program.

Other organizations we worked with.

"Hearts and Hands Across America Project"
California artist, Ann Miletich, has traveled to Bolivia with us several times and extended her stay to work with the children of Amanecer. Her unique project of having school children make drawings to be incorporated into quilts for orphans has become a nationwide success.
For more information click here to visit her web site.
International Smile Power Foundation
The ISPF will work on many projects during our stay.
The goals of their organization are:
  • To provide health care, and on-going disease prevention education and supplies to under-served populations in developing nations
  • Train their local people to take responsibility for the continuation of the preventive education and care
  • Share the virtues and values of foreign cultures with each other in order to enrich all of our lives
  • Develop bridges of love and understanding between us and all peoples so that we become a planet of friendly neighbors instead of foreign strangers
  • Provide opportunities for humanitarian outreach to our school children and other interested people so that we can all experience that giving is a true source of fulfillment
Jenny Goeres Watercolors
Jenny Goeres is an artist who has traveled with our group for several years. She has a web site displaying many beautiful watercolors. Several pages include images she has made from Bolivia. Please visit her web site at www.jennygoeresart.com/index.htm
Smiles Forever
The mission of Smiles Forever, a non profit organization, is to teach others to help themselves by creating a dental hygiene program that focuses on preventive care rather than crisis intervention. By training the young women of Cochabamba, Bolivia to become dental hygiene practitioners a skill is created that will provide self-esteem and independence. Smiles Forever plans to take this model dental hygiene program to other third world countries establishing a spirit of caring and compassion for others. Smiles Forever received it's 501 (C) (3) status September of 2001.

In September of 2002 they started Bolivia's first dental hygiene practitioner program. They also implemented a fluoride tablet/drop program that will be dispensed on a daily basis to shelters, schools, and orphanages serving over 500 children in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Smiles Forever is looking for volunteers Dental hygienists, dental assistants, Spanish instructors and dental hygiene instructors.
You can visit their web site at: www.smilesforever.org