Sara Gomez and Matt, Planet Drum Volunteers, Thursday, October 17, 2002 Matt and I arrived in Bahia over the weekend, and have been settling in for the past few days. We have been working on the middle room of the apartment (the one with the new floor), since that’s where we have been sleeping. Matt did some work with cement patching up cracks and holes […]

Monday, December 9, 2002 Here’s an update on the park project and Maria Auxiliadora since that is what I have been working on.  We have been speaking with Patricio from the Department of Tourism at the Municipio to develop the project. He is helping us develop a powerpoint presentation so we can present the project to other people…it includes the idea of guided tours, work […]

Wednesday, December 4, 2002 Leslie did not show up yet. I do not think that a lot has been done recently with Fanca. Compost production should be continuing as before, but the worms are not there yet. Jeff went to Porto Viejo before leaving to ask about worms, and they told him they would be ready two weeks later, I believe.  Before I left most […]

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 We are still working on painting the two signs for the entrance (one for the entrance and one for halfway up the hill). We finished putting in all the little tree marker signs, and had a work party to clean up the park on Sunday (collected trash, cleaned up trails etc…). about 25 or 30 people (lots of children too) showed […]

Thursday, November 14, 2002 Some good news, Matt has managed to raise $325 so far for the greenhouse (any money not used for that project can be used for the other projects). Matt and I have been working on the greenhouse since Tuesday and it has been going up really quickly. The entire stucture is up, and today we hope to finish building tables for […]

Sara Gomez (and Matt)Planet Drum Volunteers Some good news, Matt has managed to raise $325 so far for the greenhouse (any money not used for that project can be used for the other projects).

The first few days Matt and I were here we did some work on the room—plastering, priming, and painting the walls. We also did some work with the seed planting project at Fanca and started thatching the roof at the patio. Since then Matt has been helping Chris with work in the park, doing maintenance and rebuilding the steps for the third time. Rita and […]

Monday, October 28, 2002  The first few days Matt and I were here we did some work on the room—plastering, priming, and painting the walls. We also did some work with the seed planting project at Fanca and started thatching the roof at the patio.  Since then Matt has been helping Chris with work in the park, doing maintenance and rebuilding the steps for the […]

Thursday, October 17, 2002 Matt and I arrived in Bahia over the weekend, and have been settling in for the past few days. We have been working on the middle room of the apartment (the one with the new floor), since that’s where we have been sleeping. Matt did some work with cement patching up cracks and holes in the wall, and whitewashed it in […]