2016-11 Coop Functioning, Rains Return, and More Land for the Foundation.
Thanks to Bill Hamilton and the Sunrise Rotary Club for supporting Fundación Escuela Sintana y Tierra Negra again in 2017. We plan to buy two more parcels of adjacent land, the highest parts of the mountainside with views of the ocean and the snow capped peaks! More importantly, these plots contain the source of the creek that flows down through Tierra Negra. With that, we can begin an irrigation project to get water to thirsty crops and to the kitchen.
And more good news coming from the Sierra - It has been raining and the vegetation is renewing itself after a long drought. We had our first harvest of corn and other food crops are planted and growing. Soon we hope to be able to sustain the indigenous families that come to collaborate at Tierra Negra.
The Coop is operating, exchanging coffee, chocolate, and the traditional Kogi "mochilas" made by the women, for machetes and files, soap, cotton, and cauldrons for boiling sugar cane juice, as word has spread and indigenous families from the Guachaca region are also participating.
Some Colombian volunteers have been helping at the land. We are getting connected to the Colombian coalition of Eco-Villages and people that want to come and learn from the mamas.
Plus, we now have a shelter on Tierra Negra for anyone who is interested in visiting. Several projects are ongoing – planting food crops, renovating terraces and paths, reforestation. If you are interested in lending a hand, please contact us.
Thanks to Bill Hamilton and the Sunrise Rotary Club for supporting Fundación Escuela Sintana y Tierra Negra again in 2017. We plan to buy two more parcels of adjacent land, the highest parts of the mountainside with views of the ocean and the snow capped peaks! More importantly, these plots contain the source of the creek that flows down through Tierra Negra. With that, we can begin an irrigation project to get water to thirsty crops and to the kitchen.
And more good news coming from the Sierra - It has been raining and the vegetation is renewing itself after a long drought. We had our first harvest of corn and other food crops are planted and growing. Soon we hope to be able to sustain the indigenous families that come to collaborate at Tierra Negra.
The Coop is operating, exchanging coffee, chocolate, and the traditional Kogi "mochilas" made by the women, for machetes and files, soap, cotton, and cauldrons for boiling sugar cane juice, as word has spread and indigenous families from the Guachaca region are also participating.
Some Colombian volunteers have been helping at the land. We are getting connected to the Colombian coalition of Eco-Villages and people that want to come and learn from the mamas.
Plus, we now have a shelter on Tierra Negra for anyone who is interested in visiting. Several projects are ongoing – planting food crops, renovating terraces and paths, reforestation. If you are interested in lending a hand, please contact us.