Thank You Emssage For Helping

Small tribute to

One of the most important project is it made of, for and with people. It sometimes things happen so unexpected (but unfortunately normal) as one of the best beneficiaries of the project die accidentally. Today, this small introduction is a tribute to Conception Hernandez Montoya (son in law of the beneficial owner Concepción Hernández Siles), who died Aug. 12 after being hit by a falling tree on his farm in Los Horcones. Since FIDER ESF-Galicia and the only thing we could do was join a Cartin and buy sugar, coffee and bread for the candle, held the following day.
Conception was one of the most active members of the Committee of the Los Microcunca Horcones and, as already stated, one of cooperating more with the project Capacity Building of Communities of the Rio Microcunca SASL, so that these latrines we record it.

Conception, third from the right, with the Committee of the Los Microcunca Horcones.

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Conception Vacations PCR

week 14-20 August, the cello and chela PCR holiday march in search of Granada and the heat escaping from the constant rain jinotegana. Well, before we had one of these meetings via Skype with the group of Agro to put on how things go around here and do a little crossing the Paias front of the camera ...

And I say, why not invest a little bit of money we gave for Phase III on a webcam for Agro? that here FIDER want to see your pretty faces:)

Below we went to Colonial Granada, who was also celebrating their great feasts. The first night we do not know if the heat by bichiños already accommodated in our body or for some other reason (someone said "this is dengue fever!") Perdímonos Carnival, held on the evening of 14. But in 15 it was possible to see how they walked before us about 800 horsepower with jet-set of its best galas Lucinda Nicaragua. Without the courage to offend anyone, to me to see the people down there and big bosses up there not only made me even pizquiña for free ...

Our large party was going to come a few days later, but that comes later ...

four years ago, writes that first entered Nicaragua and was one month living in the neighborhood of San Alejandro in a project that began after many years in the country along with several women and Grenadines, the Vila Maria Ana Lugo. In 2003, they, under the name Calli Tanday ( Union House in Miskito) inaguraban Communal House and Home Rural AECID funded by Axunica and a group of boys and girls from Madrid Axunica related to that later formed the NGO Kasak ( Justice in Miskito) .

Casa Comunal Calli Tanday was conceived as an open space for people living in slums on the outskirts of Granada and rural populations Malacatoya, Water and Agri Tepalón . Among the initiatives that develop out of the house is the provision of social and cultural workshops in computing, guitar, arts or dance. The Student Residence provides accommodation to house young people in rural areas by giving them the opportunity to complete their studies in an educational system which require in their place of origin. In the house there is also a dining room for children, preschool classes and organized a group of women gather once a week to talk about subjects that interest: the state of politics, sexuality, women's rights, etc.. There is also a library and a social sale of drugs.

rural communities mentioned above it is a work of strengthening their capacity especially at the organizational level. We had the opportunity to travel to one of them, Agri waters, and discover the exciting story of its people ...

the past few years, some two decades ago, these fifteen families had to abandon their lands in northern Nicaragua because of the war and many had to fight to get the current , which are virtually infertile due to the characteristics of earth and volcanic rock Mombacho impeding the development of the community, made up mostly of peasants working in cooperatives, Most important is the Rural Tourism along with the UCA:

After being exiled to these families, suffered traveling back and forth, from side to side until it ends up in Granada, where toparon Ana toparon and also with Chepe Ampudia, who joined the struggle adic whole life to it. This gave Chepe fighting for the rights of the people who was arrested on several occasions on the island Zapata. Just say your name so that people's eyes Water Agri express all the warmth and love you feel for Chepe, who finally managed to have a place to live, that we were visiting and which is so named because the river ...

... Agri are!

Water Agri There were people who through fear of prosecution was against Chepe when asked by him to authorities. "One day, se fue corriendo shouting that they were of one treacherous. Mi Hermano alla se fue after him," Chepe vuelve! " decision read, but never returns. Mucho want it to Chepe, who, Mucho ... " And so, as Don Rufino account. One day Chepe left and never returned to Nicaragua. But the history of this xentiña Chepe and well deserves to be collected and counted, and not within how many lines as we do now, but a good book that tells how the story was the fight of the people who today still fighting for a better future. And then with

emocionarnos Waters Agri, on Monday we traveled to Masaya with more volunteers who collaborate in Galicia and Communal House perdémonos among the colorful market ...

And now, one contained ...

"Those were the times in which Mexico and Central America in tennis fronts: we were one nation llena de Pueblos y todos los Pueblos was the prime parientes. Aquellos times in Fue gential people a trip to Nicaragua made from Xoconusco in Mexico. The insolent came saying

- better to arrive in time to be invited.

chorotegas The Nicaraos and set off from Mexico to Nicaragua after hearing a promise from the lips of the wise Guéguen. At

chorotegas told:

- You will come to the salty sea.

And the Nicaraos:

- You will come to the sweet sea, where there is an island that has two high mountains round. And

caminadera began, which were another hundred pesos. Some went running by Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras too. Where

looked nice, there were installed.

chorotegas Some came to the sea of \u200b\u200bNicoya, in Guanacaste is today, and in Costa Rica.

Nicaraos And a bit of looking on the side of the mountain Rivas two

chichas

but not hayaban.

why some are cracked:

- who walk beats I lost the big shit.

And they were right, because they were lost there. Finally, after a tremendous do any work, the more horny they found the sweet sea of \u200b\u200bNicaragua and therein, as a small boat, watched the beautiful island of Ometepe, which has both chicha, which they had announced they would be su casa. Y alli

were, Check. "

We do not spend more than two days on the island in the world in a fresh water lake, that two of chicha, as you say single writer Maria Lopez Vigil, which are actually volcanoes Conception and Madeira. Soon after landing in Ometepe, demon of account in such a short time nothing was going to see ... (and we proved that it can not be seen without a good dagger real relaxámonos ...), but at least the sound of the waves of Nicaragua, away from the noise of civilization ...

We spent the night in the nets of a beautiful ecological farm where you can practice permaculture, we enjoy a sunset, Roberto took the Madrugon to see some petroglyph month for water, we know some Guiri lost to Central, we practice our Spanglish (or galenglish not know ...)


and returned the money to celebrate the festival of the house Communal Calli Tanday:


Our small party was filled in Granada dance, theater, music and poetry, an evening Tranquilina ending with practices to the sound of revolutionary music in the neighborhood of San Alejandro:

on Thursday took the opportunity to prepare a dinner of Galician ...

know the city of Granada ...



despedirnos and the city with a tour of the Malecon on the verge Nicaragua

They say that when the sun falls, the sky of Granada is one of the most beautiful of this country. I deluded myself, am not able to imaxinarme better one ...

A 12 Year Old Mastrabating

resort communities: Roberto

Friday afternoon. Five hours late taking the wrong bus. After walking Sasl up until we arrived in El Mojon, passing by the house where the PCR was Maruja, who first encountered the 'cello Barbón' to reach the fifth El Effort 'was an order of chigüines loquito by coloring : Fran and Bersita, son and granddaughter of D. Beer-sheba, already painted all the training guides FIDER of ...

So he played to make drawings on your taste, check . What did not realize is that some end up on the walls of the school of SASL!

"Buenos dias" as amaneció? ". The first sunrise was sweet as coffee D. Beer-sheba ... and dry as la baja (kitchen faucet), we address the three chigüines house at Mojon down with buckets and pots by filling with water. Since the 4:30 in the morning, and Mom Arelys verse had had time to wash all the family's clothes, clean dishes, sweep, buy, choose frijol , grind corn, make dough for tortillas , feed the chickens ... From Monday would also have to prepare children for school, and if the alleged Bersita (with the new backpack market with the work of its' mother of Managua ") do not want to walk in boots, Fran would have extra work between Braña and deadlock :

Regarding Phase II of the project, we visit the protected almácigo coffee, feel the healthy orange trees, the mud recompoñer careful improved kitchen under the watchful eye of mising,

and see how the puppet in guiadiña Chancha Fitabes since its guys very clean, well maintained and two months pregnant:

Arelys underway at 6 am and takes twelve hours as a dependent on sale. When it comes back it's night, inside and outside the house because the electricity has tended in length, as if he had given sloth climb up our script. When it seems it'll be bedtime strip oil lamp and challenges between sleep accounting notes. Pound on Sunday to attend the university in Jinotega. The truth is that women are made of SASL another folder:

About 7 am, work begins traditionally male. Committed to follow the other son Ronald to jalar some posts and fencing wire the area where, according to guidelines of the Plan for Sustainable Management of House-had to replace the Zacate which was lost by another loan from Uncle Wilfredo (also beneficiary with ESF), a hard day's ax and shovel with the only shadow of troubled Zancudo. But before there was to divide the milk cup and her cubs Colablanca Costeña and Gringo, because we were so full that press ... and a coffee with milk lunch:

already in a relaxed Sunday practices and warrants , began to ventarse that the stay would last longer than expected, and always, always, always, followed by Fran and Pinto:

In conversation, interspersed with numerous visitors who leave an photography machete in one hand and clutching a coffee presented in another, adivíñanse curiosities and concerns of the residents of D. Beer-sheba. Wilfredo, Noel, Don Juan or Othniel (eldest son who works at Sisler) are interested about life in Galicia, the economic situation, climate, food, how screwed is a Manzano , or why not plant chaya or Malange nor Ayot, or yuca, or cable, or avocado, or ...

Owner leaves his back staring at a better future, painstakingly constructed, avoiding conflicts, needs, health problems or for their alcoholism. Although shown pleased to join the project and FIDER ESF, with a high level recovery and appropriation of resources that adorn the map of his farm, improved dreamed would be there under the sun that beams Coan between zinc and the tables in your home. Still, housing is presented xeitosa, among other El Mojon single room without running water that force to do all the tasks related to hygiene in the waters running down the path Cuneta.

Monday to recover for the rest of the week, binge musical that stars in the span of tortillas on the timber: "tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap "accompanied by the money of the rain hitting the roof. Corn takes a thousand forms and food, waiting impatiently for cooking across the pond: chilote, Eloth, Tamale, nacatamal, atoll, tortilla, güirila ... (In addition to Marc cuzuza, Hijuelos) And a kind of polvoróns, screws, pots and weeks of corn flour that makes the oven a little D. Beer-sheba temple Gray for the inhabitants of the alley :

After succumbing to such gastronomic delights, cuisine comeulle the ground for the field, and it would turn into impromptu dance floor ...

and talking ... dance, dreamed of the visits were Maruja that with the excuse of learning to re cooking, or to show his good hand over pequerrechos, Luzia its advances in the world of bachata, and cumbia, rancheras of ... and corresponded with a few shots of Muiñeira:

nights become short of sun, passing the heat stroke for the storm, we take time to cross the river in Mojon and go sell bread to make mud the dirt floor of the room to pull the baby teeth Fran, to make the cake of the seventh anniversary of Kevin, to make the birthday photos fifteen Elisabeth, to dance with forests of Guinea, for play Baseball and Landa fruit to go fishing in a pond,

or to change a piece of plastic coating the usual plate of zinc, with the invaluable help of neighbors, or what is the even learning a bit of community work:

And so began a short life of 10 days for SASL. But I've spend 3 days coincided, and I have left. From the look of Nestor and the words of Francis D. Beer-sheba: before it reían of you, but Ahora me ayuda more men in the house ... not know if I got the luggage back so many good memories (also sinsabores as poisoning and burial of the dog's house or when the dog ate the parrulo nest under my bed), I feel I have a second single family . Not wanting to abuse your time, and keeping some things to me, naked to get you to eat cows, so check that Add Vaya well.

Saying About Butterfly

resort communities: Maruja

On July 24, instead of waking to the sound of car brakes Maurício, amencín the rhythm of the hands of Don Chepe webbed corn tortillas. Are 5:30 am and D. Ling is already muxindo cows. So begins my stay in the family of Don Bernardo ...

Owner Chepe.

Doña Maruca.

Ingrid has seven years and this week did not go to school because of flu. We take to water the laranxeiros that gave us the phase II project, Check, along with our neighbor and Christopher amiguiño

... and we take also to meet the farm and do a little monitoring of their crops ...

as Malange ...

or "viveritito" coffee.

And in mid-morning, after a tortilla with full, so rich that they leave the cows D. Bernard, rested a bit with a game that never seems to go to fashion ...

Dom Bernardo teaching dance tubes.

On Saturday, it's mother Ingrid, who lives in town with her husband and her other daughter. Ingrid likes of Jinotega, but prefers to live in SASL, and Martina, too, but work has to be in town. Has Verdurin your post there on the market and all weekends up to see Ingrid sasl, by his mother, Mrs. Ling, his father, Don Bernardo and his aunt, Don Chepe. And you see and practice with her friends from SASL, because in SASL was created and where it says it would prefer a thousand times more to live there in the countryside than in town. One of his best friends is Veronica, the mother of Christopher, who lives there nomas, next door, where Leonor. Veronica and Martina ask and wonder about life there where I come from "and does cuando su country marry? And Cuando Tien ¿Hijos? and when they come and explain the differences, míranme with up to half incredulous, somewhat melancholy and weird, like thinking why is it normal for me is not having children or being married at 22.

During the day, 5:00 to 18:00, D. and D. Ling Chepe move the world from the kitchen, feeding the family or anything that the house pass the rest of the work on the land. What about all that there is going when you sit in a chair and if you give your tortilla with full morning and I gave all the women of SASL place in line to do something at the same time: palmer corn tortillas.

res soup and omelette in the kitchen improved.

And so, between the smoke and smell the wood from improved kitchens, inch tortillas, frijoles and rice, are spending the day at the home of Don Bernardo. Bernardo, this was six in the evening and just before lunch, like botarse in bed with the radio to hear next ranch. And seven, "how ya es Noche y hither Evening in there nadita that hacer," says Ling, close properly and doors, the sound of a rancherita, also close the eyes of this family till the next day, which is equal that the previous ... and equally beautiful is the smile that dawned like every morning, Don Chepe, D. Ling, Don Bernardo Ingrid small.

The family of Don Bernardo.

On Thursday gathered my things and I spent a couple of days for the Don Cesar. There we usually stop for coffee drinking, the more we spend, the more corn tortillas to do so at 5 am, D. Ilda and her daughters palmean the same time: pum-pum, pum-pum, and the sound of Palma was born in Sasl a new day. And after Palmer, D. Ilda prepares breakfast, and after the breakfast meal, and after the meal for dinner. And as Maruca and Chepe, D. Ilda and one that many women, always with a smile, moves the world from the kitchen. Occasionally, loomed head to see the telenovela, but suddenly said "ay! He rice!" And there came back.

Dona Ilda about to start cooking the corn .

And the house of Don Cesar also had some chigüinas saying "let a jugar, Maruchita!" And she was, and Mum said Elvira "Maruja, siéntese, Platiques!" And platicábamos, and Mum said Heil "Maruja, venga for sale to see him pinol mill "and we would grind pinol. Ilda D. And said "No quiero a tortilla with complete ?"... And like the thin D. Ilda understood what I wanted was not eating an omelet, nor complete, but learn to do both, among tortillas, chigüinas, practices and pinol passing day in the Don Cesar.

Sudeica Ildita and relaxing to play with the ball.

And again, mochilita their backs and Caminito del Mojon to visit Roberto and spend a few days with the family, D. Beer-sheba, another woman more moving the world from the kitchen, with a strength and joy of that if you take anyone who passes by hand. Roberto played in the driveway with Fran, Bersita and daughters of Ivan and Lionel. Ivan Moen Beer-sheba and corn in the kitchen and prepare dough for baking.

And suddenly, the kitchen, the center of the universe, filled with people dancing, singing and Horner bread oven Bread for the World enteiriño, corn bread, bread flour, bread and cinnamon bread with vanilla Semites, pans, and polvoróns buñuelos, bread made with loving care to distribute the sales here and there.

Dancing and love, partying in the kitchen, it is night in Mojon ... and makes the bread in a wood oven in Beer-sheba:

And like the Sunday march, On Saturday we continued dancing with rum, and rancheras with tortilla de papas to despedirnos of Beersheba, SASL and Mojon (but only to within a few days ...).

Bersita despértanos next day with more music for dancing on a chair. "I will hacer fault," says D. Beer-sheba. And look for Bob and Fran without a word, Fran says all miss you gonna do Roberto. And Bersita mirano at one and the other and asks "Y cuando will they return?". And with a smile Bersita, a look of Fran, and a hug from Beer-sheba (those who go to cargadiñas agar) say goodbye to the nose and pegadiño the window of the bus, the best experience that we live so far PCRs, reaching Jinotega half sad, half happy, half with a not-know-what, a hundred feelings and emotions.

Bersita and Fran.

And in these days, living the life of Dona Maria, Don Chepe, D. Ilda, D. Beer-sheba, and sharing bits of life of other women who were crossing the road, and many other questions, is a that even now continues to go round in my head, and what would happen if one day the women decided to SASL stop ...?