Dr. Inge Bolin, 2009 recipient of the Circle of Courage Award at the Victoria Seminars, is back from another trip to Peru where she lives and works with the people of Chillihuani who live high in the Andes. Dr. Bolin is a Research Associate in Anthropology at Malaspina University - College in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
She wrote: "I am back from Peru. It was wild and wonderful. Our health station is being built, our health campaigns are going well, a new reforestation project begins, and my research on melting glaciers and water scarcity indicates that we all must work together to avoid an environmental disaster.
The people of Chillihuani were happy about the award we received from you and so was Alan Mijael, the boy on the cover [of Inge's book, Growing Up in a Culture of Respect] who is now twelve years old. It would be great if you could expand your work into South America, and especially Peru."
Growing Up in a Culture of Respect by Dr. Inge Bolin provides the first full account of child-rearing practices in the high Peruvian Andes. Inge Bolin traces children's lives from birth to adulthood and finds truly amazing strategies of child rearing, as well as impressive ways of living that allow teenagers to enjoy the adolescent stage of their lives while contributing significantly to the welfare of their families and the community. Bolin 
demonstrates that traditional practices of respect, whose roots reach back to pre-Columbian times, are what enable the children of the high Andes to mature into dignified, resilient, and caring adults.
Reclaiming Youth International wishes to commend Dr. Bolin for making a difference in the lives of the people of Peru, and elsewhere. For more information about Growing Up in a Culture of Respect, click on the book image or visit www.reclaimingbooks.com
