Part 7! Wow, time is flying, Heather is making great progress with finding land and making contacts in Guatemala for Project Somos. In case this is your first time reading this, every Sunday I post the latest installment of the Adventures of Lucita. Lucy (ita) is a Bamboletta ambassador travelling in Guatemala with Project Somos as they plant their roots in building an eco village for orphaned and abandoned children. It’s my hope that one day I can provide the mothers of the village with some work for Bamboletta – a social enterprise.
This has been a full week for the Guatemala Trio (Lucita, Greg and I). We are just back from our third visit to this incredible “terreno” (land). It is 135 acres, has a 4000 square foot banquet hall, a nine bedroom guesthouse (with 17 toilets and 17 showers!), another incomplete guesthouse, fresh water springs, rivers running on two sides of the land, three horses, plus, plus! It’s more than we had ever hoped for, quite honestly. Our goal for this Project has always been to find ways to sustain the Children’s Village financially through small businesses, rather than being dependent on donations and grants forever. This land is set to go with many earning possibilities. It could be generating income immediately. And even better, we could open it up to kids and moms really soon!
Lucita loved getting out of the busy town of Antigua and spending time exploring the land. She was a little nervous visiting with the cow but Greg held her tight and she was pretty thrilled when the cow licked her! Today she brought her puppy with her to the land. While we were in Nelson, BC, our friend, Maureen bought her the puppy at the beautiful Waldorf store there. This is the first picture she’s had taken with her little dog. She is embarrassed to admit, she has yet to name him! Any suggestions?
This is the real thing now. After working on this vision for Project Somos full time for over a year now, we are getting close. Really close. We’re going to need lots of helping hands, hearts and wallets to take the next step.
-Heather and Lucita
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