(El Alfarero, Sucre - Versión en ESPAÑOL)

***The building of the El Alfarero Santa Cruz project is just about finished. The refuge for young women, the child-care centre and the pregnancy crisis centre are open. The library and the counselling centre are scheduled to open on June 7th, and the cafe a few weeks later. Events are already being booked for June in our events centre. This is a 3D image of how it will look. Please pray for it to open very soon***

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As a project of SIM (Serving in Mission) your gift will be channelled through the relevant SIM country office webpage. Please specify that the gift is for project number BO91140 El Alfarero, Santa Cruz. Many thanks for being a part of it!

Please contact Graham and Debbie Frith, the project Directors, for regular updates.

graham.frith@sim.org

Take a look at the Santa Cruz Update page for further details on the development of the new Santa Cruz project.

Mission and Vision

The El Alfarero ('The Potter') - Student Centre project has been functioning in the city of Sucre, Bolivia since 2001. Its mission is to university students and young people in general. (Mission Statement)

The vision is to impact the student population through evangelism, counselling and discipleship, while also being a resource for the local churches to maximize their impact on the city. (Vision Statement).

El Alfarero - How it works

The Alfarero project in Sucre is moving toward complete self-sufficiency and independence, while still ultimately responding to SIM. The project now has its own Bolivian legal identity, with a functioning board of directors. It employs 15 Bolivian staff, has a Bolivian leadership team of 5 people, and has approximately 100 volunteers helping to make it all happen. More...

Cafe

Around 250 students per night come through the cafe doors in Sucre, and find good food, cheap prices, games, contemporary Christian music, friendship, security and acceptance. More...

Biblical Counselling

The free counselling offered at El Alfarero - Student Centre is Bible-based. While not discounting secular counselling and all the advances that it has brought us, biblical counselling is considered to be more helpful in dealing with the majority of human problems.  More...

Pregnancy Crisis Centre

The city of Sucre is regarded as the 'capital of abortion in South America', and there are huge problems with regard to unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The Pregnancy Crisis Centre seeks to help the students who find themselves in crisis. More...

Day-Care Centre

In 2006, the day-care centre opened to care for the babies of the girls who decide not to abort, so that they can continue with their studies and not drop out. More...

Young Woman's Refuge

Also in 2006 the young women's refuge opened within the Alfarero project in Sucre, with a view to providing temporary housing for girls at risk, or girls who fall pregnant and as a result lose their economic support or housing. More...

Discipleship

The Alfarero project has a strong emphasis on discipleship, and runs several discipleship programmes in Sucre for individuals and groups to help them mature in their faith. Most of the students who receive discipleship are those who made commitments to Christ within the project. More...

Courses and Training

One of the aims of the project is to be a resource for the local church, and there is a programme of courses related to issues encountered in counselling. Alongside the courses, there is a growing library, open to the public. More...

For more information, please feel free to write to SIM-UK missionaries Graham and Debbie Frith using the form on Contact us...

Also, why not sign up to Facebook.com, and search for the El Alfarero group, for regular updates, photos and events.