TO THINK ABOUT
- 46% of the population is under 18
- Over 2,500 children live on the streets in major cities
- Infant mortality is down
- Access to basic education has increased yet one million children do not attend school
- A third of Bolivian children work rather than go to school
- 13 % of adolescent girls are pregnant or have children
- Problems of child labor, child trafficking and sexual abuse are increasing
MINISTRIES
SAMS missionaries partner with the Anglican Church to provide youth ministry, Vacation Bible School, feeding programs for children from impoverished neighborhoods, economic development and scripture based small business training to help girls who live on the street to begin productive lives, ministry to children in orphanages and to those who live in prison with their incarcerated mothers.
