WONDERFUL DECEMBER VISIT This month, in December, I was lucky to visit the communities in Honduras whose projects the Tigh Sgoile Trust is supporting. Here are some photos from this wonderful time. ... See MoreSee Less
PREPARING FOR GRADUATION Graduation from high school is a big deal and these young people in Opatoro, Honduras, want to be prepared.
To pay for the costs of their graduation in December, they have set up a small business, making and selling banana crisps, blackberry juice, rice pudding and nacatamales. You can find them at all kinds of community gatherings, including local football matches. And the profits are rolling in.
Not only are they making money for their graduation, they are also learning how to work together and run their own businesses - a good investment for the future.
RECIPE FOR ORGANIC FERTILISER Want to know a recipe for organic fertiliser? We'll have to ask our friends in Honduras. It looks like a whole heap of work, but will be worth it as the next coffee harvest approaches.
So far, it's been a good summer weather-wise. Feliciano reports that the coffee is looking beautiful. So too are the veggie gardens that our partner, the Fundación Lenca para el Desarrollo Comunitario, has been supporting with three local primary schools.
Look at those marrows! - all destined for nutritious school lunches and hungry little tummies. ... See MoreSee Less
ABUNDANT COFFEE HARVEST It's a family effort as Francisca, Abrán and their mum harvest their first crop of coffee from their own farm in January. And what an abundant harvest it is! Three years ago, they planted 625 seedlings, and this is the result of all that hard work. Congratulations to them and the other families growing coffee with the support of the Lenca Foundation and the Tigh Sgoile Trust... See MoreSee Less
TREES AND VEGETABLE GARDENS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS We are delighted that some of our funds are being used to support three primary schools in Honduras with the planting of tree seedlings and vegetable gardens. ... See MoreSee Less
Hello, my name is Nicolasa. I live with my husband, Antonio, and we have two children. I give thanks to God for the opportunity to have people and organisations who support us in our projects. Although you don't know us personally because you live in other countries, you are willing to share and be generous with us. My husband and I always thought of growing coffee, but because of our poverty we couldn't start. Today, thanks to the Tigh Sgoile Trust and the Lenca Foundation, our dream is coming true. ... See MoreSee Less
The rains came late this year, on 10 June, and that has meant delays in planting the new coffee seedlings. We didn’t start planting until early July. But now the rains are good, and the corn is looking great. I think that we will have a good corn harvest this year. The coffee seedlings that we planted in the first year will have coffee ready to harvest soon. We will do four rounds of harvesting, one in December, two in January and one in February. The coffee plants are looking beautiful, and the farmers are really pleased.
We have a local young man called Cesar, who graduated from our education project and has studied agriculture. He knows a lot about coffee growing. We employ him for one or two days a week for specific tasks, to visit the farmers and help them with the more technical aspects like working out the level of the land. This year, everyone who is growing coffee has planted tree seedlings amongst the coffee bushes as a way to encourage reforestation. The coffee project is ticking along well and that means that I can concentrate more on the education programme.
This year, 13 young people will graduate at Bachillerato level, (A’level / Scottish Highers). They have set up a collective fundraising business to raise funds to pay for their graduation. It’s a food and drink business, selling banana chips, cake, dried mango, guava juice and blackberry juice at football matches and other public events. As well as raising funds, it is a good experience for them in learning how to manage a business. We have also organised exchange visits with other schools and groups of students involved in the distance education programme (IHER). We have been to visit two different groups in other municipalities, and the students have played football together, a team for the boys and a team for the girls. And it’s been a nice way for them to get to know each other and make new friends.
The 30th of May was the Day of the Tree in Honduras, and we gave tree seedlings to three local primary schools. We also experimented with the idea of starting vegetable gardens with the schools, growing carrots, courgettes, spring onions, beans and radishes. The children and their teachers are very happy with them. Your funds are precious and we are being careful with how we spend them, so that the money goes further. For example, now we are buying less chemical fertiliser and teaching people how to make organic fertiliser. We fertilise the coffee plants twice a year, using chemical fertiliser once and organic fertilizer for the second round. That is saving us a lot of money.
I mentioned that we planned to send two young people to train to be hairdressers and barbers. One of them is finishing his training now and has already got his own customers. He lives at home with his parents, and they are making a space in their house for him to have his own salon. I’ll give you more of an update about that next time.
Finally, now that we have legal status as FUNLEDCOM, the Lenca Foundation for Community Development, we have had two visits from Gobernacion, (the equivalent of the Charity Commission), who came to inspect our work. They are pleased with what we are doing, and their municipal representative has congratulated us on the projects.
We would like to express our thanks to everyone who is supporting us. We know that you make great sacrifices to support our work and we send you our greetings and most sincere thanks. ... See MoreSee Less
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WONDERFUL DECEMBER VISIT
This month, in December, I was lucky to visit the communities in Honduras whose projects the Tigh Sgoile Trust is supporting. Here are some photos from this wonderful time. ... See MoreSee Less
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PREPARING FOR GRADUATION
Graduation from high school is a big deal and these young people in Opatoro, Honduras, want to be prepared.
To pay for the costs of their graduation in December, they have set up a small business, making and selling banana crisps, blackberry juice, rice pudding and nacatamales. You can find them at all kinds of community gatherings, including local football matches. And the profits are rolling in.
Not only are they making money for their graduation, they are also learning how to work together and run their own businesses - a good investment for the future.
Pictured below are the students selling their food and drink, and last year's graduation photo. All students are studying through the education programme of our partner, the Fundación Lenca para el Desarrollo Comunitario. ... See MoreSee Less
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RECIPE FOR ORGANIC FERTILISER
Want to know a recipe for organic fertiliser? We'll have to ask our friends in Honduras. It looks like a whole heap of work, but will be worth it as the next coffee harvest approaches.
So far, it's been a good summer weather-wise. Feliciano reports that the coffee is looking beautiful. So too are the veggie gardens that our partner, the Fundación Lenca para el Desarrollo Comunitario, has been supporting with three local primary schools.
Look at those marrows! - all destined for nutritious school lunches and hungry little tummies. ... See MoreSee Less
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ABUNDANT COFFEE HARVEST
It's a family effort as Francisca, Abrán and their mum harvest their first crop of coffee from their own farm in January. And what an abundant harvest it is! Three years ago, they planted 625 seedlings, and this is the result of all that hard work. Congratulations to them and the other families growing coffee with the support of the Lenca Foundation and the Tigh Sgoile Trust ... See MoreSee Less
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TREES AND VEGETABLE GARDENS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
We are delighted that some of our funds are being used to support three primary schools in Honduras with the planting of tree seedlings and vegetable gardens. ... See MoreSee Less
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MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM NICOLASA
Hello, my name is Nicolasa. I live with my husband, Antonio, and we have two children. I give thanks to God for the opportunity to have people and organisations who support us in our projects. Although you don't know us personally because you live in other countries, you are willing to share and be generous with us. My husband and I always thought of growing coffee, but because of our poverty we couldn't start. Today, thanks to the Tigh Sgoile Trust and the Lenca Foundation, our dream is coming true. ... See MoreSee Less
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THE COFFEE PLANTS ARE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL
Update and message of thanks from Feliciano.
The rains came late this year, on 10 June, and that has meant delays in planting the new coffee seedlings. We didn’t start planting until early July. But now the rains are good, and the corn is looking great. I think that we will have a good corn harvest this year. The coffee seedlings that we planted in the first year will have coffee ready to harvest soon. We will do four rounds of harvesting, one in December, two in January and one in February. The coffee plants are looking beautiful, and the farmers are really pleased.
We have a local young man called Cesar, who graduated from our education project and has studied agriculture. He knows a lot about coffee growing. We employ him for one or two days a week for specific tasks, to visit the farmers and help them with the more technical aspects like working out the level of the land. This year, everyone who is growing coffee has planted tree seedlings amongst the coffee bushes as a way to encourage reforestation. The coffee project is ticking along well and that means that I can concentrate more on the education programme.
This year, 13 young people will graduate at Bachillerato level, (A’level / Scottish Highers). They have set up a collective fundraising business to raise funds to pay for their graduation. It’s a food and drink business, selling banana chips, cake, dried mango, guava juice and blackberry juice at football matches and other public events. As well as raising funds, it is a good experience for them in learning how to manage a business. We have also organised exchange visits with other schools and groups of students involved in the distance education programme (IHER). We have been to visit two different groups in other municipalities, and the students have played football together, a team for the boys and a team for the girls. And it’s been a nice way for them to get to know each other and make new friends.
The 30th of May was the Day of the Tree in Honduras, and we gave tree seedlings to three local primary schools. We also experimented with the idea of starting vegetable gardens with the schools, growing carrots, courgettes, spring onions, beans and radishes. The children and their teachers are very happy with them.
Your funds are precious and we are being careful with how we spend them, so that the money goes further. For example, now we are buying less chemical fertiliser and teaching people how to make organic fertiliser. We fertilise the coffee plants twice a year, using chemical fertiliser once and organic fertilizer for the second round. That is saving us a lot of money.
I mentioned that we planned to send two young people to train to be hairdressers and barbers. One of them is finishing his training now and has already got his own customers. He lives at home with his parents, and they are making a space in their house for him to have his own salon. I’ll give you more of an update about that next time.
Finally, now that we have legal status as FUNLEDCOM, the Lenca Foundation for Community Development, we have had two visits from Gobernacion, (the equivalent of the Charity Commission), who came to inspect our work. They are pleased with what we are doing, and their municipal representative has congratulated us on the projects.
We would like to express our thanks to everyone who is supporting us. We know that you make great sacrifices to support our work and we send you our greetings and most sincere thanks. ... See MoreSee Less
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