90% of the people who work in the Hotel Rosario are people of aymara or Quechua descent whose parents came to the city in search of a better life. This has allowed our hotel to grow with an infusion of native culture and the cultures of each one of our guests. 

We learn from each other.

Our guests are treated like friends from the beginning and if one has an open, friendly character, one will have lengthy conversations with our chamber maids, wash ladies, and waiters. (if our guests can speak Spanish, Aymara or Quechua) This way one will come to know the friendly mystic culture that exists in the heart of our native peoples.

At mid year and at the end of the year each employee receives an extra monthly salary which gives the family a chance to better their situation by improving their homes or bettering their standard of life. Their wives and daughters are also eligible to become embroiderers in the AYNI BOLIVIA project.

AYNI BOLIVIA was born when we saw destitute women come to the door of the hotel almost daily, sometimes with 2 to 7 children in tow, trying to sell their wares in the street in order to buy their daily food. Because of this, AYNI BOLIVIA looked for a project which would make use of the women’s natural talents and allow the women to work in their homes while caring for their children and thereby provide daily food for them and their children. And so the project for embroidered cards was begun.

Little by little Aymara artisans from the country and the city turned AYNI BOLIVIA into a place for selling their arts and crafts. At the moment there are 8 regular embroiderers and 50 in reserve if there are large orders. There are also 6 independent artisans and between 6 and 9 artisan groups which come in from their communities to sell their products at AYNI BOLIVIA .

Hotel Rosario identifies with the Aymara and Quechua peoples and wishes to support them in their efforts to improve their standard of living. We will continue to increase the number of people in the project AYNI BOLIVIA .