A New Year & already New Results
Diego just sent pictures of the finished ponte <bridge> at Viviane’s house (on left). After visiting Combu Island with Amazonart in October Viviane and her mother ‘Nena’ incredibly accommodated us in their home on the river. There are many…
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Appreciating rain
I just spoke to the volunteers, all huddled in a mud hut in the village waiting for the rains to stop. Twice a year the rains fall on the Amboseli plains of Kilimanjaro, literally bringing life. Within hours the “Savanna”…
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Christmas CALENDARS 2011-12 from Enkito
On the plains that roll out from the foothills of Kilimanjaro lies a remote maasai village called Enkito. Last year our volunteers Petr, Shiv and Emma spent the Summer there. Waking up to this. In just over a week…
Read MoreVolunteering Matters
United Nations Volunteers have been working together with the internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo in a campaign to show the world why volunteering matters: This years International Volunteer Day is 5 December – a critical…
Read MorePower of the Amazon Music AND People
This video was made by meu amigo, Leo Chermont, in his studio. He wanted to record the power and the beauty of the people. As he says on the video “Trabalhar assim… nao tem coisa melhor” <With work like…
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