Project Report
| Jul 16, 2013
Women of Chumanzana Recycle Plastic Bottles
By Candelaria Sut | Project Leader
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Preparing the Materials
The Women of Chmanzana have found a unique way to use empty plastic soda bottles and bags. ADEMI, the Kateri Tekakwitha Funds non- profit partner, taught the women how to to build raised bed gardens.stuffing the empty plastic soda bottles with the plastic bags We have bulit a demonstration garden and now are following up with support for the other women as they construct their own gardens. We plan to provide seeds and starter plants along with enriched soil to fill the gardens to provide a firm beginning for each garden. We will continue to accompany the women on a weekly basis with advice and encouragement. When the women in Chumanzana have gotten a good start with their gardens, we will offer the same project to the women in Santa Clara
We have been providing workshops which encourage the women in Chumanzana and in Santa Clara la Laguna to use the vegetables they grow in new ways. Thanks to your donations, we have been able to provide these workshops to the seven women in Chumanzana and the twelve women in Santa Clara la Laguna that are associated with the Fund. To continue to provide the support these women need, we will need to fully fund this project by July 31, 2013. Please let your friends know of this need or make a donation yourself. Fourteen $10 recurring donations would fully fund the project for a year.
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Building the Raised Bed
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Candelaria Sut Explaining the Next Steps
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Apr 17, 2013
Nutrition Lessons Continue!
By Candelaria Sut | Project Leader
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Candelaria Sut Sharing Atol with Isabel Morales
Nutrition lessons continue in Chumanzana and Santa Clara la Laguna. We spoke of the importance of good nutrition in order to provide the necessary nutrients to the body in one workshop. Lessons on making herbal extracts to add vitamins to the family diet were well received. The herbs used were mulberry and laural leaves, and "bledo" which the women have in their gardens. In another workshop, we made different types of "atol", a drink made from corn. The women put the herbal extracts in the atol to use as a vitamin drink. One of the women's babies is malnurished and she planned to use this to help him improve.
We are awaiting word from a grant proposal that we have submitted for funding to build raised bed garden frames in the women's patios. They all have gardens, but they are limited in what they can grow. With the raised bed gardens some of the problems they face will be solved. We will know by May 1st if funding will be available.
Thank you for your support. We need more funding for this project to keep it going. The staff is the heart of the program and staff time has been cutback because of lack of funds. We are depending on the donations coming in from all of you, but we need to increase our supporters. Please get the word out about our program that is providing this really vital information to this group of 20 women. It will affect the health of the next generation!
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Making Macetas to Grow Seedlings
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Isabel Feeds Baby with a Vitamin Supplement
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Jan 28, 2013
Nutrition Tips for the Women of Chumanzana
By Candelaria Sut | Project Leader
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Isabela feeds her baby herbal extract in atoll
The workshops in Chumanzana and Santa Clara continue. This month the women in Chumanzan learned how to make a herbal extract from "hierba mora" that they grow in their patio gardens. The extract contains vitamins that are lacking in the normal family diet. They put the extract in "atoll" a corn drink which they enjoy. It is an especially good way to improve the diet of the young children.
In Santa Clara, the workshops concerning gardening continue. The women are convinced that it would benefit them to have patio gardens and some have started on a limited basis. We are now seeking grant money, so they will be able to expand the gardens - the practical part of the workshops.
Both of these groups are working enthusiasticly to learn new things. If you have any friends or family who you think would be interested in investing in this project, pass this report on to them. We need more support if it is to continue. It is a direct benefit to the lives of these women and their families.
Eveything is possible with a little help from a friend!
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Candelaria making the herbal extract.
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Anastasia shares with her children
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