Dyeing workshop in El Alto !

From your hotel in La Paz, you’ll be driven to El Alto, a suburb of La Paz. There, you will discover the natural dye workshop run by a community of women. You’ll be warmly welcomed. Once introduced to the different kinds of plants and their characteristics, you will take part in the different steps for preparing natural dyes. You’ll be prepared and served a hearty lunch, in a friendly atmosphere. Then, you will see the results of the dyes preparation, and you will discover the weaving workshop and the different machines. A small exposition in the higher floor, will let you discover the collections made from natural dyes, and you may go back with beautiful balls of alpaca wool. Lunch with the women of the workshop. Then, we’ll go to another neighbourhood of El Alto, where we will discover a game area, “la casita” (the small house), which name was chosen by the kids who come here. The French association of international solidarity C.I.E.L.O. is an NGO crated in 1995, which manage many solidarity projects in the world, such as this game area. Since 2001, this association operates in the suburbs of La Paz, in El Alto. Population there is considered as the youngest of South America. Its objective? To contribute to the improvement of life quality of the most deprived kids and families, offering them a friendly space for playing and relaxing. In Bolivia, three games areas have been created in 2001 and 2006, in the city of El Alto (Suburb of La Paz) There, you will meet Maria Teresa Alvarez, a Bolivian woman in charge of the game area which was open in 2001. Maria lives alone with her two daughters, and manages with a lot of energy and enthusiasm this beautiful space of game and self-development.