In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, addiction continues to affect individuals, families, and communities, often leaving people without the support they need to find lasting recovery. Many face cycles of addiction with limited access to structured rehabilitation and long-term care.
Since 2016, Novō Communities has been responding to this need. What began as a single residential programme has grown into a community delivering measurable impact, led by a committed local team and rooted in long-term transformation.
Today, lives are being rebuilt, families are being restored, and hope is being reintroduced into communities through the work of Novō Bolivia.
The Novō Bolivia community in Santa Cruz is a structured residential programme designed to support individuals through deep and lasting recovery.
Over the past year alone, the team has delivered 461 hours of counselling and 223 hours of recovery groups, alongside daily devotions, weekly Bible study, and active engagement with the local church.
The impact is clear: 60% of graduates are drug and alcohol-free today, with many more taking meaningful steps forward in their recovery journey.
Recognised as a centre of excellence by the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC), Novō Bolivia is now seen as a model programme — demonstrating what is possible when recovery is approached with consistency, community, and long-term support.
Ronald arrived at our home in Santa Cruz after a long battling with drug and alcohol addiction. He found a family at Quinta Totaices and attributes his successful rehabilitation to the structure he experienced and the care he received.
For 15 years, Pepe was lost in alcoholism. He lived in Argentina, but this alcohol addiction led me to lose everything, before then finding Novō Communities in Bolivia.
Since Benigno was 7 years old, he has lived on the streets of Santa Cruz. When he was 11 years old, he went to a dining room for street kids where some of the kids introduced him to clefa (glue).