The Wall
Violette asked shortly after she began working with the kids if it would be possible to paint a “group mural” on the end wall of the library/computer center building. We…
Month: April 2009
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Simon and Violette, Volunteers from France
Simon and Violette Berger, from France, have been here volunteering with the kids for over a month. In that time, they’ve done a variety of things with the kids ……
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Its Mango Season!!
Once I start seeing the signs of the jungle summer, I know that mangoes are on their way. And when mango season hits the jungle, there is no mistaking it!!Mangoes…
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Lots of Volunteers
For a short while, we had a large number of volunteers all active in the village at the same time. They are not all here for this picture (missing Simon,…
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Dr. Andrea Hull
Dr. Andrea Hull is here from Canada for a month, volunteering with Project Ix-canaan. Andrea is focussing on two main areas … Water/sanitation in the village and Diabetes Care. Shortly…
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Solar Cooking: The Oven
In December of this past year, volunteer Dana Machovek of Alberta, Canada, donated a Sun Oven to Project Ix-canaan with the understanding that we would be able to use it…
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Balsamic Chicken with Baby Spinach
This is the first time I have participated in a “Craving Ellie in My Belly” event. I’m not sure how I heard about it, and I have never heard of…
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Banana Chips
I’ve bought banana chips many times when living in North America, but have never tried drying them out myself. Since I had such a huge volume of excellent bananas, I…
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Determining Educational Needs
One of the first things Dr. Bob did while in El Remate was to meet with the Director and teachers at the NUFED school to discuss the needs and goals…
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NUFED Bathrooms Completed!
The students and teachers of the NUFED School are really happy to finally have bathroom facilities. Thanks to the untiring efforts of Bill Horne of Calgary, Alberta (shown here with…