Website Mission
The mission of this website is to provide a web presence to
chronicle the history and current activities of Totora.
Although the site has pages both in English and Spanish, the
dominant language is Spanish, and the goals include:
- To inform Totorenos about
- current activities and projects in Totora
- their proud cultural and historical heritage
- To inform interested non-Totorenos about history
and culture of Totora
- To provide a virtual community for well-wishers and
prodigal Totorenos
- To position Totora within Bolivia and the rest of the
World
Website Profile
The owner and webmaster of this site is related by marriage to
one of the oldest families in Totora. The purpose is to
inform, document and record the past and present, and chronicle
the progress towards rebuilding a historical colonial city.
We will help speed up the restoration of this city in any way we
can.
Contributors to the website and people mentioned include
current full and part time residents and citizens of the city,
well-wishers and prodigal sons and daughters and their
descendants. It presents a view which is biased towards the
friends and family of the webmaster.
This is not the official site of the government of the City of
Totora.
Request for Material - not funds
We request contribution of material. Material
contributed can be complete articles, photographs or information
of general interest. Submission of material implies that
the sender has the right to provide the material, and gives
permission to Totora Website to display the material. Not
all material may be suitable or used. Material may be in
English, Spanish, or both. Some of the material may be
translated from one language to the other. Please do not send
originals of documents in case they get lost. If the material is
included at the discretion of the webmaster, the author or
contribution will be acknowledged.
We do not request a financial contribution since the cost of
maintaining and hosting this website has been donated. If
you want to make a financial contribution, please support
Comite Pro Templo which is
seeking to restore the city. If you are in the U. S., you
may want to consider sending your donation through Friends of
Bolivia, Inc , a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in San
Jose, California.
Mailing List
Acknowledgements
Totora Website wishes to express thanks to the following for
their valuable contributions of photographs and other materials:
- Senor Jose Novillo
- Senor Jose Caero
- General Oscar Escobar
- Senor Mario Murato
- Senor Juan Quiroga
- Senor Betto Merida
- Ingr. Roberto Escobar
- Srta. Alejandra Merida
- Srta. Herminia Escobar
- Ninita Gabriela Escobar :-)
|
