Bolivia Graduate Program
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Conflict Resolution
Back in May I was accepted to a graduate program called the Institute for Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution through a cooperative effort between the Alliance for Conflict Transformation and Nur University in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
I will update this Blog with information on the program as it progresses as well as links to pictures of the city of Santa Cruz and possibly surrounding areas.
With the current political climate in Bolivia, this trip really holds a great significance for me. Too often I have viewed poverty and conflict on television, giving me a somewhat detatched position on things. While I believe it's good to be objective, it's also helpful to see, and possibly experience the suffering of the people in impoverished areas of the world in order to truly understand what they are having to deal with.
I leave July 14 for Santa Cruz and will arrive there July 15. My stay will be until August 8.

Please stay tuned for updates.

--- Wendy ----