Our involvement with the Christian School in Camiri, Bolivia began in 2017 when Christoph Ewers joined a group from Oakridge Bible Church in Canada to spend a week improving the school.
We were privileged to support the education of Racquel (pictured below) until last year until she moved away with her family. We now partly support two pupils - Sebastian in third grade and Brandon in 11th grade.
Like many schools around the world, this school faces financial challenges. We are doing what we can to bless them. If you are also able to offer support, please email us.
The Venutti family, including Raquel, whom we recently supported.
A wee history of Camiri Christian School by Andrés.
On March 6, 1956 missionaries Eugene and Loraine Train founded the “Camireña” Christian School. There were 64 students from first to sixth grades the first year and it started with three classrooms and five teachers.
Junior High level was added in 1973 and High School was added in 1980. The aim of the school has been to provide comprehensive, up-to-date and spiritual education. The Camireña Christian School has been decorated with the highest educational distinctions in Bolivia, today continues with 360 approx this year in accordance with the national programs and systems imposed by the Bolivian Education Code.
Since the beginning, the school has aimed to receive students who had less economic possibilities, especially from rural areas, to attend an academic training center at a time when there were no good quality rural establishments. To this day, this ambition has required that the teaching staff work with extraordinary effort. Thanks to that, many students with potential have achieved academic achievements that would not have been possible otherwise.
Today we are very happy to start our 68th year at the Christian School. The impact of this school, over the years, has been very favourable and extensive. From now on we wish to reestablish the school vision of continuing the work of impacting Bolivia through mature and prepared alumni who transmit to society academic, moral and spiritual values in the various social positions