A Community Art Project
This week, we are excited to be working with Jennifer Lester, Founder & Executive Director of One Love Generation (www.onelovegeneration.org) who is here with a group of volunteers to create…
Category: Volunteers
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Allison Visits Women’s Groups
This is the fourth time that Allison Haynes has been to El Remate to volunteer with the three women’s groups of the village. Here, she meets with Juana Melendez, president…
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Library Materials and Supplies
A big THANK YOU to Margo for the 4 boxes of supplies that she brought back on her recent return from her yearly trip to Holland.
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A Cement Floor
Volunteer Russ Edworthy of Calgary, Alberta, funded a cement floor for a local family with small children and then spent a day working on it. Here is Russ with Maria…
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Cheryl Teaches at N.U.F.E.D. School
Cheryl Zvaigzne, a medical student from Calgary, Alberta, is giving a 30 minute presentation to each of the classes in the elementary school and the N.U.F.E.D. School (a technical institute…
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Volunteer Russ Edworthy
Another volunteer arrived this week … Russell Edworthy of Calgary, Alberta, will be doing a variety of things while he is here. The first chore he has undertaken is to…
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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…
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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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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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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…