| On August 25th and 26th we received a visit from our dear friends of the Japanese Aid for Nicaragua Association. This year the group consisted of five people. On the evening of the 25th they met with the 70+ women who participate in our adult secondary education scholarship program for women on low incomes. Then on the morning of the 25th the group worked with us in our sewing workshop, helping us assemble a quite complicated knitting machine donated by their association. Makiko and Michiko also worked with the ceramic workshop team. Their colleagues installed a solar panel system their group had donated to the school to serve as a stand-by should we have a power cut during our night classes. This is part of a training programme the Association is implementing to promote the use of solar power in community projects in Nicaragua. We are very grateful to all the members of the group who contributed both time and resources to come and visit our programmes and especially to Professor Koike for coordinating the visit |
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 Makiko with a pot inscribed with her name |
 Makiko and Michiko help assemble the knitting machine |
 consulting the manual |
 in the ceramic workshop helping fill a mould |
 with the team in the ceramic workshop |
 locating solar panels on the school roof |
 fixing the panels with wire to the roofing bolts |
 ready to leave for Managua again |