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Good news from Nueva Esperanza

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

One of the researchers with the Earthwatch Institute Amazon project sent me an update on how The Friends Project donation of $300 for health-care and wildlife management initiatives has been used in the very remote village of Nueva Esperanza. There are 190 people here and no services.

*installing screens on windows of homes to help prevent malaria.

*buying plastic sandals for children ages 3 to 12 to protect their feet.

*building a metal screen around the latrine at the small school, for sanitation.

There’s still $40 left. Tula says they will use it to buy plastic buckets and chlorine, to teach villagers a safe and simple way to sanitize river water that they use to drink and cook.

Malaria’s a huge problem here, because villagers rely on the forest and river for water and food.

Photos of the work coming.

Here is a link to an article about spending time in Nueva Esperanza and with a family on the Yavari River that I wrote for my newpsaper:
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/view_story.php?articleId=2408&zoom_highlight=amazon

Village visit