The Agriculture Team has been out and about working hard. Last Tuesday was our first day of “biointensive training” with Yesica, a local woman who trained in biointensive cultivation methods in the United States. We are working with Yesica to train Ruben, our technician. Ruben will then train his students and incorporate best practices from [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment July 29th, 2011
Throughout the years it has always been a priority to coordinate our efforts with the local governments in the areas we work. In previous years this undertaking has been difficult, but fortunately a new administration was elected in January and we have a serious working relationship with the Lares government. This administration headed by Mayor [...]
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Tina and I are almost through our nutrition and cooking classes in Pampacorral and nearing the end of the classes in Poques; it has been a whirlwind. One goal of ours as the Health and Wellness team was to offer nutrition and cooking classes to the two communities where we have built greenhouses: Poques and [...]
Continue Reading Add comment July 22nd, 2011
Current status: Fully in the mix. Danielle and I have been workin’ the brain muscles lots and lots these past weeks. Our vague-ish idea of designing a Community Savings program for some of the local women’s textile associations is really starting to take shape. For a bit of background: Traditional textiles play a very important [...]
Continue Reading Add comment July 20th, 2011
On Thursday morning, the health and wellness team, the ag team, and the newest addition to AASD, the photography team, set out at 5:30am for Pampacorral. The road to the rural Lares region of Peru is under construction, and therefore only open for two hours a day, at 6:00am and 6:00pm. Although this doesn’t compare [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment July 15th, 2011
Last week, while on a visit to Pampacoral to check on the status of their Greenhouse, I had the opportunity to meet with the school director, Freddie. One wall of his office was pilled from floor to ceiling with large brown boxes. I looked closer and realized it was nearly 150 little green and white [...]
Continue Reading 5 comments July 4th, 2011
I started working with this AADS a year ago and I’ve had the opportunity to travel to the Sacred Valley twice. This is my second summer working as an interpreter and translator for AASD. As an interpreter, I’ve had the chance to shadow my fellow team members. I’ve attended a variety of meetings between the [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment July 2nd, 2011
Earlier this week we met with Yesica Nina Cusiyupanqui, who is a local expert on bio-intensive cultivation of vegetables in small plots of land. The meeting was attended by the great Kat Gordon, our team leader, Danny, myself and our super translator Hilda, who filled in the blanks. The meeting was very productive. Yesica is [...]
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