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An amazing experience in Guatemala
With weeks of travelling already behind them, Clare Stevens and Joseph Glover broke off from their round-the-world travels to visit the child who Clare's mum sponsors in Guatemala - a day that became an "amazing experience"

A Bolivian journey: more than just a visit
Three years ago Jill Gramann visited Peru and saw how Plan was working with communities and helping to make a difference. Upon her return to the UK, Jill started sponsoring a child herself in Bolivia and in September this year made the journey to visit her sponsored child, Hugo.

An adventure 4,200 metres above the sea
School teacher James Lanzon has been supporting Plan for almost four years, and in July visited his sponsored child, Hugo, who lives at high altitude in Ecuador.

Back to Bolivia for Richard and Michelle
Richard and Michelle Knight, who have been Plan sponsors for 10 years, are used to travelling in South America and they have been many times. But their recent journey to see their sponsored child, Demetrio, in Bolivia, often left them lost for words.

A brilliant day a world away in Ecuador
Clare Martin has been a sponsor with Plan for over 20 years and in that time, has sponsored two children in Ecuador, 17-year-old Ana and previously, Ana's older brother Angel. In April of this year, Clare and her husband William travelled to visit Ana and her community for the very first time.

Creating bonds of friendship in Ecuador
In February 2008, Alix Saleeb travelled with her friends Gabriella and Ana-Maria, to Ecuador. Although it was not her first time in the South American country, it was her first visit to meet her sponsored child, 8-year-old Lyliana.

Mayor Sanchez From volunteer to Mayor
"Without the training and experience Plan gave me, I would never be where I am today", says Mayor Sanchez of Huancarani in Peru, previously a Plan community volunteer

Mayor Nixon Mamani  
From sponsored child to mayor
A former Plan sponsored child who has become one of Bolivia¿s most popular mayors is spearheading a US$2 million project to develop tourism in his home town
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