Performance at the QUIERO OIR!!! ROCK 100% COCHABAMBINO

By Daniela Viljoen, Director - Bolivia

Working with Projects Abroad, the spirit of volunteering is always there, whether it be doing a project alongside our volunteers, or helping a noble cause for a friend of a friend. This past Saturday, Cochabamba held a concert, QUIERO OIR!!! ROCK 100% COCHABAMBINO, in benefit to help a little girl raise funds for surgery to repair her hearing.

Alejandra Estrada, Projects Abroad Bolivia staff member, helped to organize the entire event along with a group of friends and 6 rock groups who participated in the event; Terapia, Mammut, Oil, Vitamina Queso, A Pie, and Cartel Afónico, all rock bands from Cochabamba! After a month of planning, this Saturday 2:00pm came along. We all offered to help with anything we could.

The concert was held at the outdoor Olympic Beach Volleyball courts. It was a perfect day (of the usual in Cochabamba) to say the least. The sun was bright and the setting set for an awesome Rock concert! Volunteer Justin Gouin helped set up some of the tents, and Alejandra and I got to work the best job ever… manning the beer stand. We became expert servers by the end of the night. Carmen, Ximena, Ana Silvia and volunteers showed their support by head banging and jumping to the music, and enjoying the delicious food and drinks.

Everyone who worked at the concert, along with the bands supported 100% voluntarily! By 10pm it was time to hit the after party….(to keep raising funds….of course!) Hopefully this will become an annual event to help different causes…and just maybe Ale and I will get to work the beer stand again! ROCK 100% COCHABAMBINO!!!