The Challenge for Ministry 

This year nearly 80,000 children younger than 5 will die needlessly in Bolivia, more than half from hunger-related causes. Few of these deaths are related to outright starvation, but rather to common illnesses like diarrhea and infections  that move in on vulnerable children whose bodies have been weakened by hunger.

The House of Hope concentrates its resources on the Bolivia's poorest comunities where an overwhelming 65% of children sufer anemia and are seriously below normal height for one's age

• Population: 8.15 million
• Area: 428,446 sq. mi. (1,109,669 sq. km.)
• Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
• Infant Mortality rate: 66 deaths/1,000 live births
• Average life expectancy at birth: 64 years
• Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymará; composite dialects of Spanish-Aymaráand Spanish-Quechua are also widely spoken
• Fertility Rate: 4.36 children born/woman
• Gross Domestic Product per capita: US $1,010
• Population Below Poverty Line: 70 percent

For as little as a $1.50 a day, give impoverished women the tools they need to inprove their family's health.Become a Lasting Change Partner.