After about three weeks in Puno we have managed to work up quite the agenda of projects including teaching English at a local elementary school, piloting our jet stove project, and a conglomeration of projects and tasks at the acilo de ancianos in Chuquito.
Chuquito is a town in the region of Puno, about 30 minutes outside of the city. We´ve found ourselves spending many days at one of the elderly homes in the village, a place which we came upon in our last years trip. Our good friend and fellow Project Suyana member, Tyler, stayed there earlier this year and managed to complete many of the needed repairs. Anyone who is interested in his projects should check out his incredible blog, http://www.experimentsinwandering.com/
As for our progress at the acilo we began by putting our hands to work, cutting branches and trees in order to provide fuel for their stove, aiding in potato peeling, and eventually our work with the greenhouse.
Shortly after arriving Adela, the director of the acilo pointed out the poor condition of their greenhouse, the roof has been torn off by weathering, the structure is unstable due to multiple attmepts to fix haphazardly, and the garden overrun by weeds. Luckily most of these things were within our means, and we`ve made considerable progress.
We began by clearing all of the weeds and tilling the soil, check out our before and after pictures. Next we made some major structural repairs to the building, and this is in prep for the roof replacement. We are still in the process of seeking out the right type of roofing, and luckily with the help of our friends at the university we think that the purchase of material should not be all that difficult, and we are confident in our abilty to repair the roof once we have the material.
Aside from our work at the greenhouse we have become friendly with the elderly who live there, and its so enjoyable to see them when we arrive each day. They have been a great help in aiding us with the construction of adobe bricks for our jet stove, as it seems they know much more about adobe than we do. It´s been very nice of all of them to allow us to use their property to practice building our stoves, and in return we hope to provide them with a very efficient outdoor stove.
Our progress with the stoves has been moving along nicely, and we hope to come to you with more updates of this project soon.
Con mucho amor,
EGW
Greenhouse before weeding and tilling
During...
After!
Chuquito is a town in the region of Puno, about 30 minutes outside of the city. We´ve found ourselves spending many days at one of the elderly homes in the village, a place which we came upon in our last years trip. Our good friend and fellow Project Suyana member, Tyler, stayed there earlier this year and managed to complete many of the needed repairs. Anyone who is interested in his projects should check out his incredible blog, http://www.experimentsinwandering.com/
As for our progress at the acilo we began by putting our hands to work, cutting branches and trees in order to provide fuel for their stove, aiding in potato peeling, and eventually our work with the greenhouse.
Shortly after arriving Adela, the director of the acilo pointed out the poor condition of their greenhouse, the roof has been torn off by weathering, the structure is unstable due to multiple attmepts to fix haphazardly, and the garden overrun by weeds. Luckily most of these things were within our means, and we`ve made considerable progress.
We began by clearing all of the weeds and tilling the soil, check out our before and after pictures. Next we made some major structural repairs to the building, and this is in prep for the roof replacement. We are still in the process of seeking out the right type of roofing, and luckily with the help of our friends at the university we think that the purchase of material should not be all that difficult, and we are confident in our abilty to repair the roof once we have the material.
Aside from our work at the greenhouse we have become friendly with the elderly who live there, and its so enjoyable to see them when we arrive each day. They have been a great help in aiding us with the construction of adobe bricks for our jet stove, as it seems they know much more about adobe than we do. It´s been very nice of all of them to allow us to use their property to practice building our stoves, and in return we hope to provide them with a very efficient outdoor stove.
Our progress with the stoves has been moving along nicely, and we hope to come to you with more updates of this project soon.
Con mucho amor,
EGW
Greenhouse before weeding and tilling
During...
After!
