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Fuente de Pino sees the light — and the Friends Project helps with scholarships

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

The latest Enlace newsletter is out, updating supporters of El Sauce’s tourism cooperative with the lastest good news.

Read this issue to see how the basket-making cooperative can now work at night, and how The Friends Project is helping El Sauce area teens attend high school and our friend Manuel attend his first year of college in Léon. Congratulations Manuel!

Rotary invitation

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

I was invited last night to speak with the Honeoye Falls-Mendon, N.Y. Rotary International club about The Friends Project and what we’ve been able to accomplish.

It was a pleasure to share the stories of the people we’ve met and become friends with since 2006 — and the lasting changes we have been able to facilitate with this grassroots initiative.

Rotary has been helping people in many cultures for generations so it was an honor to be there.

A gift to our friends in Ocotal

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Members of the Los Altos de Ocotal cooperative look at the photographic book I made them.

Kellan and Yacarely made a special delivery to Mauricio and the other farmers of Los Altos de Ocotal who are building their eco-tourism business high on the mountain.

I created a book with many of the images I took of them — including the milestone day when most of them officially joined the cooperative — during my first visit in 2009.

Here are many of the farmers looking at the book, which will be kept at the Ranchón, the small shelter and cooking center for visitors.

This way, visitors can discover more about Ocotal culture and the history behind the tours they are now taking.