Project Photos for Kara Petrovic

“Water is Life” in the community

of 27 de Mayo

Tarija Department, Bolivia September 2014

A view from a nearby hillside as ChildFund approaches Tarija’s “27 de Mayo” Community

The road into 27 de Mayo

Families gather to sign final agreements with the contractors for construction of the new water system that you have made possible

Members of the community greet ChildFund staff

Parents helped their children express their gratitude for all that you have done: This family has written, “Thank you Miss Kara, and your father as well”

This family writes, “May God bless you and your family”

Young mothers hold signs of thanks and joy for the opportunity to bring clean water to their children

One woman writes, “Kara, you have a heart of gold and a silver spirit”

A letter, signed front and back by community representatives, reads: Miss Kara,

Please accept our sincere thanks from our entire neighborhood of 27 de Mayo. We are writing to thank you for the project “Water is Life.” We are enormously happy to have this gift that you are giving to our whole community, and moreover, all of us neighbors are waiting your arrival with arms wide open and so much joy. Thank you also to your father for having a daughter like you, Kara. We eagerly await you!

Hello Kara Petrovic, I hope to God that you are in good health, along with your whole family. Through this letter I want to thank you for the immense work that you are doing. Thank you, Miss Kara, I feel so excited and happy because you have made a dream come true for all of us, especially me. When they gave us the news [about the water project], I felt happy, happy and jumped with joy and said, “At last, we have water for everyone!” I can not find the words to say how thankful I am. May God watch over you and be with you always. Thank you for helping us. Thank you for [the gift] that you are giving. Also, we await your presence with so much joy. We send a big hug and thanks to your father and to all the people who supported the project, “Water is Life.” You are giving us so much life. May God give you strength so that you can continue helping people in need. I am the mother of a child who is enrolled [in ChildFund’s programs]. Thanks to many people like you, this organization works for children who truly need your support, and I look forward to you and your father visiting our neighborhood. You pledged that we would have water and you followed through. For that, I feel so excited for your return, and to see you and thank you personally. Very soon we will meet personally. People like you are little angels that fly to people who need them. For this, you deserve much success, good health, and for God to always be with you and at your side and giving you strength. With those words I leave you. With a big hug and many kisses, see you very soon. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Greetings to your whole family, and many hugs and good health to all of the people who supported you. God is always with all of you.

A second letter from a mother named Dionicia,

reads:

THANK YOU

for bringing the gifts of clean water & better

health to the children of 27 de Mayo! Without your dedication, this work would never be

possible.