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Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Congratulations to Manuel Munguia, who I met in January 2009 as a student of English in El Sauce.

Back then, he was learning his first words of a new language.

A few days ago, he earned a spot in the Saturday school at the university in Léon to study marketing or economics. Friends helped him hone his math skills and he studied like mad to pass the test.

The Friends Project is providing Manuel with a $350 scholarship to cover some of his costs for the first year, including books and tuition. He will attend on Saturday so he can work during the week to support him and his family.

Manuel’s also one of our photographers, who recently began to document life in El Sauce — from his perspective.

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Language of photography – their view

Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The Friends Project photo initiative has officially launched! We are sharing the language of photography with young people in El Sauce, Nicaragua. Three friends are documenting their own lives with donated cameras, and images will be posted in their own online gallery, and displayed in conjunction with my upcoming exhibition. Here is a first from Manuel!

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Coffee in El Sauce. Less = more

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

The Friends Project recently provided a small grant of $350 to the Ocotal coffee cooperative in El Sauce to purchase a portable bag sealer and to buy enough coffee bags at a discounted price.

Now, they can offer their organic and sustainable coffee to tourists who come to Ocotal for overnight and eco-tourism visits. Previously, they had to sell their coffee wholesale to middlemen. They will still do that, but now have another option for which they can make more money and be in control.

Enlace, the tourism organization created by El Sauce residents, bought the bags at a discount and are selling them to the cooperative for 25 cents each. That money will be used to buy more bags at less expensive prices.

Read all about it — and see photos of the cooperative members trying it out in the Enlace newsletter.

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