Youth hostels in Bolivia

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The youth hostels in Bolivia offer a network of approx. 25 youth hostels across Bolivia . They are run by the non-profit Hostelling International Bolivia Foundation .

Bolivian youth hostel in Sucre

history

In 1909 the German teacher Richard Schirrmann developed the idea of ​​a network of youth hostels . At the founding meeting of the International Association for Youth Hostels - IAJH (later Hostelling International ) - from October 20 to 22, 1932, Bolivia was not yet involved. With the admission of Bolivia in 2001, hostels were built or guest houses were connected to all touristically important locations based on the example of the German Youth Hostel Association. The foundation is thus the sister association of youth hostels in Austria and Swiss youth hostels .

philosophy

The guiding principle is laid down in the Constitution of Hostelling International: “To promote the education of young people of all nations, but especially young people with limited financial means, by encouraging them to strive for higher knowledge, love of nature and the landscape and an understanding of the cultural To develop values ​​of cities in all parts of the world and, in addition, to provide hostels or other accommodations where no distinctions are made according to race, nationality, skin color, denomination, gender, social origin or political attitude and thereby better understanding for fellow human beings, both The foundation is a non-governmental organization (NGO-1206) registered under Bolivian law and has been involved in various socio-tourism issues since 2001, supported by volunteers from the German Red Cross welfare association .

Development of the HI hostels

Founded over a hundred years ago, the youth hostel movement has always wanted to enable young people in particular to get to know landscapes, cities and people from around the world. Hostelling International is the brand name of the International Youth Hostel Association , a non-profit organization, and its member associations around the world. Hostelling International (HI) stands for more than ninety national organizations that operate more than 4,000 hostels in total.

HI hostels around the world

With "hihostels.com" you can book hundreds of HI hostels online. Current reviews and detailed descriptions with photos help young travelers and families to choose youth hostels in Africa, Asia and Europe as well as in the Middle East, North, Central and South America.

HI hostels in bolivia

There are currently youth hostels in Bolivia in the following cities and towns:

HI-Bolivia Voluntary Service

The Hostelling International Bolivia Foundation supports several Bolivian rural communities through the use of volunteers from all over the world. Together with the locals and the village administration, projects are being developed which are involved in small hospitals, schools and kindergartens in order to improve the living conditions of the indigenous campesinos, especially the youth. But the volunteers also help in cities and thus contribute to intercultural exchange and international understanding. HI-Bolivia also organizes student exchanges and academic internships and offers Spanish courses in its hostels.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hostellingbolivia.org ( Memento from August 10, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

literature

  • Judith Grümmer, Max Steiner (eds.): Mosaico Boliviano - Bolivia in reports, interviews and snapshots. Sucre / Cologne 2011. ISBN 978-3-00-033447-4 . With contributions by Judith Grümmer, Max Steiner, Franziska Becker, Edwin Bustamante, current and former volunteers from Bolivia and many more.
  • Robert Lessmann : The new Bolivia. Evo Morales and his democratic revolution. Zurich 2010. ISBN 978-3-85869-403-4 .
  • Peter Gärtner, Monika Grabow, Muruchi Poma, Florian Quitzsch, Sven Schaller, Gabriele Töpferwein (eds.): Bolivia in Transition: The Difficult Path of a New Establishment . 1st edition. GNN Schkeuditz, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-89819-352-8 .