Medical brigade led by Dr Peter Loewinthan
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Lie Tjoeng and Catalina Hoyos unpacking medicines |
Mark, Julie and Ed getting down a new floor for the Superemos craft skills area |
Estelí Women's School - International Women's Day
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women secondary education studentswaiting for the activity to start |
students in traditional folk dance costume |
Dr. Peter Loewinthan brings a delegation to Estelí and Matagalpa
A delegation led by Dr Peter Loewithan of Boston's Dorchester House Multi Service Center visited Esteli on February 21st. The group consisted of medical personnel Dr Peter Loewinthan, Dr. Austin Egan and Dr. Kirsten Meisinger , residents Dr. Catalina Hoyos and Dr. Molly Broder and medical students Yuen Lie Tjoeng and Catherine Chapin. Also with the delegation were New York fireman Ed Poli, forester Mark Herbert and his partner Julie.
Superemos facilitates Global Education Fund teacher training activity
The Global Education Fund again funded Superemos in February 2011 to arrange a teacher training activity for over 20 teachers in coordination with the Ministry of Education. The activity was held in the Superemos project centre. We were lucky to have Morgan Smith and Alan Olds present on the first day of the training. They were able to participate and observe the activity before returning to the United States.We are very grateful to Judy Markley of the Global Education fund and to the Nicaraguan Education Ministry for making this training possible.
Getting ready for 2011
We have been very busy preparing the site for the activities in 2011. The ceramic workshop is now operating normally in the new space we were able to build thanks to help from the Nicaraguan government flood relief fund. That funding of US$3000 also helped us rebuild a multi-use classroom space that we can later adapt for other activities too. We have installed new sanitary facilities to replace the old latrines and generally tried to make the site as attractive as possible for the everyone who takes part in the many community and education activities here.
Conservation work to protect the local river bank from erosion
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure continue to do a fantastic job by way of conserving the river bank. These works are extremely important for Superemos because by protecting the bridge over the Panamerican Highway they will also provide essential protection for the lower part of our project site - immediately adjacent to the highway - from the kind of destructive flooding that occurred in September this year.
Cultural activity in support of veterans of the struggle against the dictator Anastasio Somoza
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On December 12th Superemos helped organized a cultural activity for local people in Estelí and other parts of northern Nicaragua - like Ocotal and Matagalpa - who were participants in the struggle against the Somoza dictatorship. Many of the participants are now in their sixties and seventies and have various problems that they are trying to organize to resolve as a group - for example to do with health care or pensions. |
Purisima - December 12th
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The feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady is an important rellgious occasion for people in Nicaragua most of whom profess Catholicism. Some observers suggest that the Purisima is as important as Semana Santa - Holy Week - in the calendar of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. |
End of year for secondary education program
The end of the school year always implies aflurry of administrative work for the school director Bertha Imelda Sanabria. For the students who graduate with their baccalaureate the end of year is marked by a graduation ceremony where their hard work and that of their teachers is recognized by friends and family.
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