San Jose, Guatemala
October 13th, 2011
San Jose, Guatemala... Maria saw the community she is fundraising for
San Jose is fighting for their land rights.
Photo Update
October 9th, 2011
The Last Hand Washing Review before the celebration next Monday.
Walking through the mud to get to Raimunda's to check out the new Pulperia.
Raimunda, Karen and I.
The chickens have a new friend
October 9th, 2011
The “girls” are not laying particularly well at the moment in spite of having a boyfriend. It might have something to do with the transition of the food. Adin and the kids have started to grind corn and add greens etc. to it. They them mix it with the purchased concentrate. They have also learned how to grow larva which the chickens particularly like. Adin and the students will continue to work towards more economical food sources in the interest of sustainability.
I have just given them the go ahead to purchase 30 pullets. We’ll see how that helps the amount available for supplementary food for the kids and supporting the expenses.
Dr. Cueva from the public clinic
October 6th, 2011
We delivered some of the field dressing bags that we brought and discussed some possibilities of developing a Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment program for San Jose. We sure would like to pursue a community health TB program.
Prep for our trip to El Chilar tomorrow… enlisting the kids help to fill baggies with trail mix for the students at the school.
The School at Carizalito
October 5th, 2011Started august 26 and finished October 7…..we think
Karen, Hugo, and Marel in the inside of the new school……Karen looked like she was “hankering” to dig in and get her hands in the plaster.
We spent the rest of the day catching up on reports from Saul (micro loan project) and Adin (his new and exciting ideas for the chicken project).
Stand by for more news on the chickens and micro loan business in action.