ELCA World Hunger Lenten Resources BOLIVIA Lent is a time of prayer, service, and self- Spotlight on Bolivia examination. During this • Population: 9,929,849 (2010) time, many of us choose to • Literacy rate: 91% live simpler lives, • Poverty rate: 51% of total population remembering those who do not have the food, money, or resources to simply live. Here are some resources to help your congregation Printable Table Tent remember those who are Download and print this table tent, designed for the Bolivia meal. This hungry and living in poverty table tent includes conversation starters and information about your gifts this Lenten season. to ELCA World Hunger in action. Placemats Download, print and use different placemats during your Lenten meals to raise awareness about hunger, poverty and related issues. Available in a separate PDF. Table Prayer O God: To those who hunger, give bread. And to those who have bread, give the hunger for justice. Amen. Lenten Meal Series Does your congregation host Story: Pascual meals before Lenten Pascual had an idea to make a living and services? Why not join escape poverty — he just needed a small together for a meal and help start- up loan to get his business started. But fight hunger at the same no bank or lending institution would consider time? Enjoy global cuisine lending him money. That is when the while learning about the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church world and how gifts to ELCA stepped in to help. The church’s microloan initiative, supported by your World Hunger are making a gifts to ELCA World Hunger, provides loans to men and women in Bolivia difference. Instead of whose incomes are too low to qualify for a traditional bank loan. charging for the meal, collect Read the full story. donations to support ELCA World Hunger. Complete Local Recipes plans for six meals are Popular foods in Bolivia include plato paceño (La Paz typical dish), available on the following chario paceño (vegetable and meat stew) and picante de pollo (spicy topics: Bolivia, Cambodia, chicken). Try these dishes and experience a taste of Bolivia. Columbia, Costa Rica, Egypt, and South America. ELCA World Hunger Pascual had an idea to make a living and escape poverty—he just needed a small start-up loan to get his business started. But because he was so poor, no bank or lending institution would consider lending him money. That is when the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church stepped in to help. The church’s microloan initiative, supported by your gifts to ELCA World Hunger, provides 400 small loans to men and women in Bolivia whose incomes are too low to qualify for a traditional bank loan. Pascual received his first loan of $150 in 2005. He purchased materials to make bowler hats, a popular item among women living in the Bolivian highlands society. Introduced by the Europeans in the 1920s, today these hats sell for more than $20 in local markets. He was able to sell enough hats to repay his loan quickly. Five years later, Pascual’s business is still going strong. He continues to use a portion of the proceeds to reinvest in more materials and make more hats. With a stable source of income, Pascual has escaped poverty for good. 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Chicago, IL 60694-1764. www.elca.org/hunger www.elca.org/hungerdonate Please make your check payable to “ELCA Place your gift in Hunger.” World offering plate or mail it to: congregation’s Box 71764, Chicago, P.O. Hunger, ELCA World give online with a credit IL 60694-1764. To card, please visit Pascual received his first loan of $150 in 2005. He purchased materials to make bowler hats, a popular item among women living in the Bolivian Introduced by the highlands society. Europeans in the 1920s, today these hats sell for more than $20 in local markets. He was able to sell enough hats to repay his loan quickly. business is Pascual’s Five years later, still going strong. He continues to use a portion of the proceeds to reinvest in more materials and make hats. With a stable source of income, Pascual has escaped poverty for good. A gift of just Will you make a gift to help I would like to support I have included my gift of $125. Other $____________ Pascual had an idea to make a living and escape poverty—he just needed a small start-up loan to get his business started. But because he was no bank or lending institution so poor, would consider lending him money. That is when the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church stepped in to help. The microloan initiative, supported church’s Hunger, by your gifts to ELCA World provides 400 small loans to men and women in Bolivia whose incomes are too low to qualify for a traditional bank loan. Meet Pascual Your gifts to ELCA World Hunger support gifts to ELCA World Your microfinance programs in Bolivia and many other countries around the world. $125 is enough to provide a microloan to help someone start his or her own small business. someone like Pascual? Please give today. YES! Hunger. ELCA World BOLIVIA ✁ . www.elca.org/hunger www.elca.org/hungerdonate Please make your check payable to “ELCA Place your gift in Hunger.” World offering plate or mail it to: congregation’s Box 71764, Chicago, P.O. Hunger, ELCA World give online with a credit IL 60694-1764. To card, please visit Pascual received his first loan of $150 in 2005. He purchased materials to make bowler hats, a popular item among women living in the Bolivian Introduced by the highlands society. Europeans in the 1920s, today these hats sell for more than $20 in local markets. He was able to sell enough hats to repay his loan quickly. business is Pascual’s Five years later, still going strong. He continues to use a portion of the proceeds to reinvest in more materials and make hats. With a stable source of income, Pascual has escaped poverty for good. A gift of just Will you make a gift to help I would like to support I have included my gift of $125. Other $____________ Pascual had an idea to make a living and escape poverty—he just needed a small start-up loan to get his business started. But because he was no bank or lending institution so poor, would consider lending him money. That is when the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church stepped in to help. The microloan initiative, supported church’s Hunger, by your gifts to ELCA World provides 400 small loans to men and women in Bolivia whose incomes are too low to qualify for a traditional bank loan. Meet Pascual Your gifts to ELCA World Hunger support gifts to ELCA World Your microfinance programs in Bolivia and many other countries around the world. $125 is enough to provide a microloan to help someone start his or her own small business. someone like Pascual? Please give today. YES! Hunger. ELCA World BOLIVIA ✁.