New Things Are Happening!!

There is so much stuff happening in La Masica I don't know where to begin!

Maybe an explanation of the first project would be a good place to start..ya think??

We thought we would offer the villagers is a way for them to realize an immediate financial gain. Much of their corn crop is lost each year to insects, mold, and rot in storage. We decided to offer them a way to help store part of their crop in a more efficient manner. We have a design for a corn silo that will virtually eliminate this problem for very little investment on their part. We presented this opportunity to them and they jumped at the chance. There are 18 families in the village and 18 families decided they would like to borrow the money from us to build the silos...I'm not real good at math but I think that is about 100% participation!

As you can see in the first photo above Daniel is having them sign the contracts in a ceremony that was very meaningful to them. They are now committed to this project and the silos have now been built. We will be doing some training and education on the methods of storage and they will realize an immediate financial gain from this.
They can now use about 30% more of their crop and if they choose to sell the corn, they will be able to sell it at a higher price because they will have the option to hold the corn until after the peak harvest season when the prices will be higher. Cool stuff!!

Another thing going on as we speak is that a study of the water source has begun. We will be doing a water system, and the first step is to determine the amount of flow from the source. Then measure the distance from the source to village and begin the cost analysis. That is cookin' right now! We aren't gunna mess around here!

I've got about a half a billion other things to talk about but I'll wait for the next post. I wil really, really try to get back to a once a week posting...at least for a while. Really...I will...

Bendiciones!!!


tom