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,…
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Volunteer: Estelle Pham
Estelle Pham, our newest volunteer, is here visiting from Australia. She arrived last week in time to assist in the English classes. This week, she has a full schedule of…
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Volunteers: Phoebe Mayer and Amy Anderson
Phoebe Mayer and Amy Anderson, from London, England, have been here all week to participate in the Ix-canaan Library activities. They quickly became part of the team that was teaching…
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Flower Arrangements
The children of this area go to school in the morning, and have begun coming to the library every afternoon to learn and play. Earlier this year, Margo and Alex…
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The Gardening Program
Members of the Ix-canaan Women’s Group are justifiably proud of their Square Foot gardens, and are always thrilled to welcome visitors into their yards to see them. Sonja’s garden is…
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A New Electronic Presence
Thanks to Jessie Bhangoo, a computer sciences engineer who has been volunteering here at Project Ix-canaan, I am finally able to blog again. Not only was I having a lot…
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SIFE Seminar
On Saturday, Nikki, Cameron and I ran up and down thousands of stairs around the village as we delivered invitations to a seminar to all the hotel owner/managers in the…