Right Now at Project Ix-canaan
There are no volunteers at the library right now, but there are always a group of kids that show up every afternoon to hang out together. Right now, Alex has…
Month: September 2010
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More about the N.U.F.E.D. Academy
NUCLEO FAMILIAR EDUCATIVO PARA EL DESARROLLO Roughly translated, this means Nucleic Family Education for Development. The NUFED Schools began in Guatemala in 1978 in the Department of Chimaltenango as a…
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Construction Begins on N.U.F.E.D. Kitchen
Construction began this week on the new KITCHEN that is being funded by Project Ix-canaan, for the N.U.F.E.D. Academy here in the village. The N.U.F.E.D. Academy is a technical institute…
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Here’s Tootsie!
Meet Tootsie!! Tootsie is the very first adoptee in our Adopt-a-Tree-Baby Program. She is a baby Ramon tree … a tree that was very important to the Mayans, since the…
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Helados de Ramon
When Enrique and I went to town yesterday, we ended up with about a 2 hour wait before we could finish our last errand of the day, so we decided…
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Making Puppets
The next class that Montse and Alex facilitated for the kids that were arriving in droves, was on Puppet Making. This simple project, made with juice cartons and some wrapping…
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Hiding in Plain Sight
The insects of the jungle are truly amazing in their abilities to mimic their surroundings in order to blend in and evade predators. There are always lots of insects in…
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Volunteer: Montserrat Castellano
Our newest volunteer, Monserrat Castellano, is an artist from Spain (Montserratcastellano.blogspot.com). Monse heard about Project Ix-canaan from someone in her hotel, and decided she would like to get to know…
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Tie-Dye is a Big Hit
Estelle’s final “special project” of the week was “tie-dye” … an art that many of us learned back in the 60’s :-). This project was a huge hit with the…
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Essential Oils Distiller
This past week we received the Essential Oils Distiller that was purchased for us by Friends of Ix-canaan and Dr. Bob Dixon in Calgary, Alberta. It has been our dream,…