"We Bolivians think that in the future we can help other countries who may need our support. That's our vision!"

Ruben Hilari is a Bolivian: "I was born in the countryside, in a small community with 2 hundred people called Walata Chico, I grew up in a boarding School called "El Cuaquero" located in Achacachi, after that I moved to El Alto city with 600 thousand people. Finally I studied Linguistics in English as well as Aymara (one of the native languages in Bolivia, specially in The Andes)."

He teaches Aymara and English languages. Ruben is part of Jaqi Aru:

... a community of bilingual and trilingual individuals in El Alto, who are committed to promoting the use of the native language Aymara on the Internet. Through translation projects and other digital media, we want to contribute by enriching the content in our native ancestral language in cyberspace. Jaqi Aur: Who We Are

They translate for Global Voices and are citizen journalist bloggers at Voces Bolivianas. We spoke at the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Santiago earlier this month:

Ruben Hilari: Blogging for Bolivia from Kevin Rennie on Vimeo.

He is positive about support from overseas governments and NGOs (Non-Government Organisations), citing Bolivian Quaker Education as one that has helped him personally.

It was great to meet so many members of the Latin American online community at the Summit.

To learn more about the remarkable work bieng done around the globe, please visit Voces Bolivianas and other Rising Voices projects.