Organisation: GoodVision
Location: Germany
Photographer: Antje Christ

In the harsh Bolivian highlands near Sucre, single mother Bonita works hard to support her family - grateful that GoodVision provides her son with free glasses she could never afford herself.

This is what Bonita says, the mother of 9-year-old Edwin, who goes to school in Qhora Qhora near Sucre. The young woman is a single mother and has another small child. Together with them, she lives with her mother and an uncle. In the city, Bonita earns some money selling chicken, but this is usually not enough for all to survive. The Grandma herds sheep and bakes bread in a clay oven she built herself.

Many families in the area around Sucre live like this. Work is a scarce commodity here, the climate at 3,000 meters is harsh, as it gets bitterly cold at night and the sun burns the skin during the day.

For the young mother, it is fortunate that the school costs nothing and that GoodVision provides children with glasses free of charge.