CALA
“Publicaciones CALA” refers to the “Comisión de Alfabetización y Literatura Aymara,” founded in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1957. The organization celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2007.
“CALA” has been a significant partner since the early days of our life and work in Bolivia. Several of our team have served the organization directly — including Shel and Sharon Groff as “vocales” on its board of directors. All of our team has benefitted from the organization’s provision of Biblical evangelistic and discipleship materials in the Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish languages.
The mission of the mission is straightforward:
“Publicaciones CALA tiene la tarea de servir al pueblo evangélico de nuestro medio, tanto boliviano como en los países vecinos por medio de la producción de literatura en Educación Cristiana, Alfabetización, evangelización, vida cristiana, ministerio pastoral y liderazgo de acuerdo a las necesidades y particularidades de la iglesia. Además, continuar apoyando la publicación de literatura bilingüe aymara-español y quechua-español para el mantenimiento de los valores culturales del pueblo aymara y quechua.”
[Translation: "CALA publications has the task of serving the evangelical public in our midst, in Bolivia and in neighboring countries, by the production of literature treating Christian Education, Literacy, evangelization, pastoral ministry and leadership, based upon the needs and particularities of the church. In addition, CALA continues to facilitate the publication of Aymara-Spanish and Quechua-Spanish bilingual literature in order to maintain the cultural values of the Aymara and Quechua peoples."]
