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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…). […]
Read MoreThursday, 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 […]
Read MoreChris HaafPlanet Drum Volunteer The revegetation project does have some serious problems but I did not explain the sources of the difficulties well. We have all been planting a lot of seeds. Jeff with the girls from the Immaculada School, Kristen with kids from the Rotary School, and each of individually has been working and […]
Read MoreChris HaafPlanet Drum Volunteer Jeff and Simon arrived here safely this week from Quito and Guayquil respectively. Simon was able to get himself onto a bus for Bahia even though he speaks zero Spanish at this point. (No small task.) Projects are coming along. Yesterday a concrete guy helped us put the first two signs […]
Read MoreJeff Goddin, Project Manager Report Maria Auxiliadora Park: Steps are in and signs are going in in the eight spots on the map. Community meetings are going well, with a couple tours already given, and many people beginning to come together to talk about ideas that have been around before. This means, that people are […]
Read MoreKristen FordPlanet Drum VolunteerTuesday, November 5, 2002 Chris and Matt have been working on the Universidad Catolica revegetation project all the time and will surely pass on their work to Simon. Matt has secured funds to create a greenhouse and we have already started working on design plans for the structure. Simon just arrived from […]
Read MoreKristen FordPlanet Drum Volunteer [Soon after arriving in Bahia, Kristen returned from Fanca glowing with amazement and delight. After she told me what happened, I suggested she write up her experience for the website. Here it is….Judy Goldhaft]. This story begins with an invitation by the Director of the Escuela Rotaria (Rotary School) in Fanca […]
Read MoreKristin FordPlanet Drum Volunteer I am here in Genesis enjoying the costumes that children are wearing tonight. I just saw Snow White walk by. So much to say, where to begin? Well, in the last week I have gotten very involved in the up and coming vermicomposting project. Jeff, Chris and I have been in […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
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