http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project Wanderlust and good deeds on the road Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:37:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to our two latest donors to future Friends Project projects:Dawn Robinson in Springwater, NY and Harvey and Martha Rhody of Fairport, NY. Both attended the "Amazon: A Fragile Balance" exhibit and decided to contribute to future improvement projects. Our grand total is now about $700.It doesn't sound like so ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/path-pavers.html  "Amazon: A Fragile Balance" is on exhibition at Ock Hee's Gallery in upstate New York, in Honeoye Falls.The show includes images from my time living with colonists in the Brazilian Amazon who had a plague of mosquitoes on their land and were protesting for help in a roadside, makeshift camp ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/amazon-gallery-show-up.html 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 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/good-news-from-nueva-esperanza.html ...which you always need if you don't want to white-knuckle the dashboard when riding in a cab in downtown Lima. THIS ENTRY IS ABOUT MY FIRST DAYS IN LIMA AND THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE FRIENDS PROJECT. I'M A TRAVELER AND THE TRIP IS IN THE GORY DETAILS. THIS IS THE ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/cesar-and-the-south-american-procession-of-faith.html On June 6, Club Vertex in Rochester and party hosts Mike and M.A. Dailor helped The Friends Project out with a fund-raiser. We raised $128 to fund future projects. I'm checking into how it can be most useful. Thanks everyone! http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/the-friends-project-makes-some-friends.html I will be creating four individual posts with journal entries, a story or two and photos specific to each person or organization that received the money. That's real soon. Today's June 6. So bear with me. In the meantime, here is a synopsis. NUEVA ESPERANZA - This tiny village of 194 people sits ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/new-homes.html The Friends Project was created in spring 2006 by me, Kris Dreessen. I have been traveling for about 20 years now, usually solo and on a shoestring budget, and living abroad. I have always gotten so much from traveling and living in other cultures. Inspired by Backpack Nation and the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/friends-project/welcome-to-the-friends-project-wanderlust-and-good-deeds-on-the-road.html