sábado, 27 de agosto de 2011

Wow! A month and a half with no new blog post!

To make it up to you, I'm posting pictures for the first time since I've been here. Elsie came to my site and took pictures of my house. I'm posting them as a facebook album.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.656379388434.2131701.15305991&l=843de9c063

It turns out that posting pictures is extremely easy and it's odd that I haven't been doing it. Maybe I'll post some more sometime.

Some exciting news: the fish pond project is a success! Yesterday we released tilapia into twelve ponds, with another four more ponds still coming soon. It is very uplifting to watch the little guys swimming around a new pond after so many months of digging and begging agencies for materials. Since it worked out, I'm starting over. More producers have told me they're interested so we're doing it again.

And for a long time I've been wanted a solar panel in the community. It would be a great business opportunity because people pay a dollar per cell phone charge and it would be good for the community because right now people are walking over an hour to the nearest panel or charging their phones with D batteries like me. This morning I applied for a grant with the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas for a small solar panel for a new co-op in the community. I think they would earn about $4 a day just by having a solar panel, a 50% increase of their profits. Plus I would have a place to charge my cell phone just next door. I'm excited and hope we get the grant.

I feel like I've finally got into my stride here. Work is going well and I've been having a good time in site. It seems like every day is busy and I keep running around doing different things. Well, I've got to catch a bus. Miss you all.