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New Project: School Girls

Thanks to the best sister ever we have a new project with the CDSL. Three young girls in the community have received new leather shoes and backpacks for school. Helping kids to stay in school is a priority for Malimbe so we hope to see more of this and learn in the process.

The first recipients are:

YEISI DANIELA REBAN BUCH Age 11
INGRID FABIOLA ZET PEREZ Age 6
PAULA ELIZABETH TAQUEZ PEREZ Age 8

Planting Guicoy

The latest project of the CDSL is planting güicoy.

Here Ladislao Puluc is preparing the soil for planting.

During the rainy season the farmers will line a trench with plastic to collect rain so they can use these caches later for irrigation since there is no reliable source of water nearby. When these caches are gone they will need to carry water in backpacks from a source about 15 minutes away.

The planting team is enjoying a well deserved rest and snack:

Here is a video of the planting process:

 

Here I think is some guicoy which is farther along in the process. Perhaps almost ready to harvest