Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization

What's New

• Dr. Peter Bourne discusses Cuba After Castro

Friday, April 4th, 2008, 7 pm

First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder (corner Broadway and Pine). 

Free and open to the public.

Dr. Peter Bourne is author of several books including Fidel: A Biography of Fidel Castro (Dodd, Mead, 1986), Castro (Macmillan, 1987), and Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post Presidency (Simon and Schuster/Scribner, 1996).  Dr. Bourne has had a longtime interest in Cuba, and as Chair of the Board of Directors of Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) www.medicc.org, a non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities, Dr. Bourne offers an expert perspective on life in Cuba.  He is the Executive Producer of the movie ¡SALUD!, which explores health and human values through a close look at the Cuban health system.  He has also served as Assistant to the President for Health Issues in the Carter White House and as Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations. 

Dr. Bourne will be serving on several panels at the Conference on World Affairs April 7-11 at the University of Colorado-Boulder.  For more information and a complete schedule of events, please see http://www.colorado.edu/cwa

• GOOD NEWS

Since 2006 the Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization has been raising funds to help sponsor the shipment of medical equipment and supplies to Guantánamo province in conjunction with Denver-based Project C.U.R.E. www.projectcure.org .  We are pleased to announce that the first 40’ cargo container was shipped in January 2008 to the main hospital in Guantánamo which serves the entire province including Yateras.  Two additional 40’ containers are packed and being shipped in the first part of April 2008.  We would like to thank all of the donors, sponsors and volunteers who have brought this project to fruition.  Thanks to everyone’s efforts and generosity, we have been able to provide one of the poorest provinces of Cuba with such supplies as an X-ray machine, anesthesia machine, mamography unit, operating tables, stethoscopes, microscopes, laboratory supplies, defibrillators, and much more.  Please visit our HEALTH committee page to learn more about health care in Yateras and our health related projects. THANK YOU!!

About the Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization

The Boulder Cuba Sister City Organization (BOCUSCO), is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-political, all-volunteer citizen network which exists to create lasting partnerships to promote cultural sharing, understanding and exchange between citizens of Boulder, Colorado and the municipality of Yateras, Guantánamo, Cuba. Yateras, located in the mountainous easternmost Cuban province of Guantánamo, became Boulder’s sixth sister city in 2002. Although many of our exchanges and activities involve the community of Yateras, we are also involved in projects, such as health and environmental projects, in other areas of Guantánamo Province including Guantánamo City. Boulder has other sister cities in Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Tibet, and Tajikistan. BOCUSCO organizes activities, with support from the Boulder community, through its five committees: Arts and Education, Environment and Sustainability, Health, Music and Dance, Sports.

Current Projects

Since 2005 BOCUSCO has been working in collaboration with U.S. government-licensed organizations to ship mountain bikes, wheelchairs, medical equipment and supplies, school supplies, athletic equipment and footwear to Yateras.

In addition to those ongoing shipments, we have prioritized projects for 2008 for which we are currently raising funds. We will continue raising funds to sponsor the delivery of 40-foot cargo containers of medical supplies and equipment to Guantánamo province in conjunction with Denver's Project C.U.R.E. www.projectcure.org; help Yateras to renovate their community library by providing donations of supplies and Spanish-language books, and work with environmental organizations on educational campaigns to protect endangered and endemic species in eastern Cuba.

BOCUSCO is also dedicated to bringing more awareness of Cuba to the Boulder community through speakers, music, film, food and dance, including our annual Cuban Connection fundraising dance, and our participation in the SOBO street festival.

(updated March 2008)

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