BQEF is a 501.c.3 non-profit under the care of Buffalo Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. BQEF grew out of visits to Bolivia organized by Quaker Study Tours beginning in 1995, and out of a visit to US Quakers in 2001 by two young Bolivian Quaker teachers, Loida Cutipa and Cecilia Paco. (More Background Information)

	Four students at Colegio Emanuel, El Alto, 2004

The mission of Bolivian Quaker Education Fund is to strengthen ties between Bolivian Quakers and those of North America and Europe through programs that improve the education of Bolivian Quakers and of Quaker schools in Bolivia and neighboring countries.

• To explain to interested people in the US and Europe the aspirations and circumstances of Bolivian Quakers


• To work with Bolivian Quaker leaders to devise specific practical programs that will help realize their aspirations


• To raise funds to implement these programs

Officers and Directors

Jens Braun, Vice President Frederick Dettmer, Secretary Hank Elkins Barbara Flynn Newton Garver, President

David Hobson, Treasurer Sarah Kaufman Andrew Rutledge Jane Simkin Kathy Taylor

Counsel

Julia A. Garver, J.D., Legal Advisor

Bolivian Coordinator

Bernabé Yujra Ticona

US Coordinator

Vickey Kaiser