Working with the Village Midwives
Midwife Doña Carmen País (far left) is one of the 4 village midwives that have been working with volunteers this week. Above, from left to right, Doña Carmen, one of…
Category: Project Ix-canaan
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Donation of Medicines
Big Thanks to Cheryl Zvaigzne, a volunteer from Calgary, Alberta, recently arrived with a double medi-pack full of medicines for the Ix-canaan Clinic. Cheryl is working with midwives and mothers…
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A Successful Scholarship Student
Blanca Hernandez is one of our Scholarship Students. Blanca will be graduating from Grade 12 this year and is very proud to be making excellent marks, which will ensure her…
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Scholarship Student, Alba Mejia
Each afternoon, Alba heads down the hill to take Computer Classes at the local computer academy … a course that enriches her academic classes at an Academy in Santa Elena.…
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A School Project
Deymy is one of the students in our Scholarship Program. She is in her last year of “diversificado” (high school) and is preparing to enter university next year. She recently…
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Volunteers Hayley Stowe & Lea Rodriguez
For the last couple of weeks, Hayley and Lea have been working with Doña Maria Sandoval, a local midwife and cuarandera (healer) who has always used the local herbs and…
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Donations to Project Ix-canaan
Thanks to all those who donated items for me to bring back from Canada with me: Dentistry for All / Brad & Danni Krusky were instrumental in the gathering together…
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Flower Arranging Workshop
We were recently visited by volunteer, Lynda Britton, from Canada, who brought with her a wealth of knowledge about flowers, plants and trees. Lynda worked with the women of the…
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Donated Laptop
Thanks go to David MacElwain, of Bali and Beyond in Calgary, who has donated a fully reconditioned laptop for me to bring back from Calgary for the Ix-canaan Computer Center.
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The Dentists Are Back
We are really excited to welcome back the Dentistry for All Team, based in Alberta, Canada, who have just returned to Project Ix-canaan, and are ready to begin an intense…