Achievements Burgosmarka Bolivian School – 2025
El Alto, one of Bolivia’s fastest-growing yet poorest cities, faces severe challenges including poverty, pollution, crime, and child labor, with 77% of its population under 24 and many children needing protection and support to thrive.
The school provides comprehensive care—including education, food, hygiene, and medical support—to 150 children and teenagers (ages 1 to 17) from underprivileged families, over half of which are single-mother households, with a strong focus on stimulating early childhood development across cognitive, language, socio-affective, and motor skills.
🤝 Collaboration with Burgosmarka School
Amadeus Helping Hands supports Burgosmarka School through an annual donation, which helps a part of the school’s operations. This partnership enables for example:
- Daily meals — just €75 covers 1 lunch meal for 150 children.
- Educator salaries — around €450 funds one month’s salary for a professional teacher in Bolivia.
📚 Educational Themes by Year
Each academic year (April–November), the school organizes activities around a meaningful theme chosen by the teachers and with special dedication to Amadeus Helping Hands:
- 2022: Awareness of Environmental Care
- 2023: Culture of Peace
- 2024: Respect for Water as a Source of Life
- 2025: Magic of Grandparents (current theme)
These themes inspire joyful, enriching experiences for the children, captured in stories and photos that reflect the heart of the project.
Our stories with the association
In 2019, I lived an outstanding and marking experience in El Alto suburb of LaPaz. I participated in the day to day work of the wonderful educational Burgosmarka team. I was deeply touched by their great motivation and energies to make life a bit easier for young people living in underprivileged families.
It was also great to receive the gratitude of all these children living serious social difficulties in their community, and see how BurgosMarka team help on educating them to shape a better future for next Bolivian generations.
After this experience I engaged on a personal challenge to promote in Europe their cause, and share my mission to shine and bright this educational BurgosMarka oasis in ElAlto de Bolivia.
In August 2019, I organized a sport fundraising challenge on my Pilmgrage “Camino de Santiago” to collect funds to repair water damps in several classrooms of this school.
In 2022 I joined Amadeus Helping Hands association to continue helping them within other nice projects aiming for a faire and better world.