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Maryknoll Brother Joseph Bruener remembers the day that Daniel arrived at the San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente home for boys in Cochabamba, Bolivia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis arms and legs were like little sticks, and his hair was falling out,\u201d the missioner<\/a> says. The child was so malnourished he was almost bald. Asked his age, Daniel lies that he is 5 \u2014 but in reality, he is 7. \u201cHe is ashamed,\u201d Brother Bruener explains. \u201cHis growth has been stunted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel is one of 44 boys living at San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente, where Brother Bruener serves two days a week. About half of the boys there have already experienced homelessness. The other half, like Daniel, were abused, neglected or abandoned, making it likely that they, too, would end up on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before making the hourlong bus ride to San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente, Brother Bruener goes to La Cancha, the city\u2019s huge, sprawling market. Today, he buys two dozen aluminum spoons to replenish the home\u2019s supply. The visitors with him ask what they, too, can bring, and he replies, \u201cA spinning top.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente belongs to the network of Amanecer children\u2019s homes founded in Cochabamba in 1981 by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul<\/a>. Another Maryknoll brother, Alexander Walsh, served with Amanecer for two and a half decades before returning to the States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are now more than three dozen centers or homes for children in Cochabamba, says social worker Jhonny Nava, who has worked at San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente since 2013. These include orphanages, afterschool programs and neighborhood youth centers. However, he continues, Amanecer homes such as San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente are \u201cthe only ones for this population.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of their daily chores, the boys enjoy collecting eggs from the hens and bringing food and water to the two cows, a heifer and calf, that graze the fields of the property. (Adam Mitcell\/Bolivia)
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Daniel\u2019s parents turned him out  of the house every morning to fend for himself. School staff, concerned, called the local social welfare department. When a social worker brought Daniel to San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente, she said his teacher seemed to care more about him than his own parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the older boys, including Bernardo, 16, have engaged in alcohol or substance abuse such as sniffing clefa<\/em>, a type of glue. This highly addictive habit replaces cold, pain or hunger with temporary euphoria; however, it also causes irreversible damage to the brain and other vital organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, there is hope, Nava says. \u201cThe fact that they are still here and haven\u2019t run away means that they are trying to change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short-term goal is to keep the boys off the streets, says Nava. The long-term goal, he continues, is to reunite them with their families when possible. Parents are allowed to visit on weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boys living at the home are divided into two sets, ages 7 to 11 and 12 to 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maryknoll Brother Joseph Bruener volunteers at Hogar San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente in Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Adam Mitchell\/Bolivia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The property includes cornfields and a huge garden with potatoes, onions and other vegetables. A large chicken coop houses dozens of hens. \u201cThe boys like collecting the eggs,\u201d Brother Bruener says. Two cows wander the fields. The boys\u2019 laundry, which they wash by hand at outdoor sinks, hangs on a clothesline. Walls painted with murals and motivational messages encircle a large soccer field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fierce midday heat, most boys seek a patch of shade in the patio. The younger boys shoot marbles. The older boys play with spinning tops \u2014 except for Bernardo, who just stands watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside, it is time for lunch. Supervised by staff member Richard Fuentes, the boys in the younger group sit at rough wooden tables and chairs or stools in a small dining room. One of them says grace. At the end of the prayer, he adds, \u201cand for children living on the streets around the world who are on their own and have nowhere to turn and no one to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is customary in Bolivia, the main meal begins with soup. Brother Bruener\u2019s two dozen spoons are quickly rinsed and put to immediate use. Soup is followed by a bowl of rice or quinoa with lentils or beans, perhaps with a bit of meat or chicken. For dessert, fruit is served. Each boy washes his own bowl and spoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the meal, it is time for homework. Brother Bruener shepherds the boys to an area with books, puzzles and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before arriving in Bolivia in September of 2021, Brother Bruener spent 17 years in greater China, mostly teaching. The 66-year-old missioner from Wisconsin, who has a master\u2019s degree in English education, has also worked in schools in the States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After lunch the boys do homework and play educational games, most of them donated to the home by Brother Bruener. Visiting volunteers also assist with homework and engage in activities with the boys. (Adam Mitchell\/Bolivia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the older boys attend a public secondary school within walking distance, the younger ones go to an Amanecer school in downtown Cochabamba, transported by the home\u2019s vans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese children cannot be placed in a regular classroom,\u201d Brother Bruener says of the younger boys. \u201cThey cannot focus. They are so attuned to their surroundings and what is going on around them.\u201d This is due to the boys\u2019 traumatic backgrounds, he explains. \u201cThey are always on the defensive, and that takes a lot of their energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis work takes a lot of patience,\u201d says staff member Ramiro Tola Mamani. \u201cSome children need more attention than others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As students, the boys face another problem, Brother Bruener says. \u201cIn Bolivia, kids get promoted by age, not grade level. Even if you\u2019ve never set foot in a classroom before, if you\u2019re 10, you go to the assigned grade.\u201d Without extra help, they can\u2019t catch up academically. And if they grow discouraged, they are more likely to drop out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students like Bernardo have already had many interruptions to their schooling. He and his older brother lived on the streets with their mother, who then left them. They dulled their pain by sniffing glue until Bernardo, a minor, was brought to San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, his older brother had come to tell Bernardo that he came across their mother living under a bridge. Bernardo ran away to join them. Brother Bruener and Amanecer staff scoured the city until they found him. They urged him to return, and Bernardo came back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spinning top bought by visitors at the market is for Bernardo, whose face lights up as he receives it. Now he can join the older boys in their game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are still kids,\u201d Brother Bruener says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although his duties as house manager at the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers center<\/a> already keep him busy, the missioner says he will continue to serve at San Mart\u00edn-San Vicente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a hard ministry and it\u2019s draining,\u201d Brother Bruener admits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he adds, kids benefit from consistency \u2014 especially those such as Daniel and Bernardo. The need he witnesses at the home keeps him going back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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