First Day for NC State Volunteers
The first day begins with a tour of Project Ix-canaan, during which the students donate, unpack and put away their donation of medicines in the Ix-canaan pharmacy. This is a huge help to the operation of the clinic and to the people who can seldom afford the cost of antibiotics, antimicotics (anti-fungals), analgesics, diabetic meds or other necessary medicines.
After a tour of the Ix-canaan Clinic and the Library/Computer Center, the group walks up the hill for two blocks to the Women’s Center. The president of the group, Doña Juana, takes the group on a tour of the Forest Garden. Then the group has a lesson in “tortilla making”
Everybody had a chance to make their own and to eat some fresh hot tortillas when they were cooked.
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Tamales are party food here in Guatemala. Wherever there is a group of people gathered, be it a birth, a birthday, a wedding, a funeral, Easter, Christmas or New Years, chicken tamales are the first menu item. Tamales are made from a corn maza, mixed with oil and herbs, filled with chicken and sauce and wrapped in banana leaves to cook.
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