NewsHour Extra: Slide show: Village Boarding School in Bolivia

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	SLIDE SHOW	Posted: August 14, 2009

Student Voice: Village Boarding School in Bolivia

Wilma Menchaca Sanchez, age 16, attends boarding school in a village in the San Julian district of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She and her classmates live and attend school in tents after her school building was flooded.
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Wilma at School, My name is Wilma Menchaca Sanchez. I am 16-years-old and at boarding school in Nucleo 38. 38 is a village in the Santa Cruz district where most people are Quechua-speaking migrants from western Bolivia. Here in Santa Cruz the weather is very warm and sunny. I was born here but my parents are from Potosi and everyone in my family speaks Quechua.

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Wilma at School

My name is Wilma Menchaca Sanchez. I am 16-years-old and at boarding school in Nucleo 38. 38 is a village in the Santa Cruz district where most people are Quechua-speaking migrants from western Bolivia. Here in Santa Cruz the weather is very warm and sunny. I was born here but my parents are from Potosi and everyone in my family speaks Quechua.

Photo Credit: Evan Abramson for UNICEF







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