CONGRATULATIONS to all the Challengers on our first six Charity Challenges of 2011, biking from Guatemala to Honduras, the inaugural Nicaragua Volcano Challenge, Brazil's Chapada Diamantina Challenge , Guatemala's first Caribbean Kayak Challenge, Perú´s Cerani Pass and Ecuador's Volcano Challenge. Nicaragua's second volcano Challenge is set for 3rd-6th November and the third Guatemala Volcano Challenge dates are set for 27th November -2nd December.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Football, gardens and perfect scores in Nicaragua


It’s been a few weeks since we have written a blog from our project in the Nicaraguan community La Thompson, so we thought it was about time to give an update on what´s been going on.

The community gardens that were constructed and planted a few months ago are starting to show great progress: little watermelons are starting to show and the beetroots and tomatoes are almost ready to be harvested.

The banana trees that were planted take a few years before they give fruit however in a few months the growth is definitely noticeable. As you can see form the photos it’s amazing what a little hard work and rain can accomplish!

Furthermore, we have some good news from our afternoon English classes: nearly all the regular attendees scored a near perfect score on our first official English exam.

For many of them this is their time studying English so it’s a great accomplishment. As well some of the volunteers have been playing football (soccer for you North Americans) with a women’s team formed with some of the members of the English class and one their last game 3-1!

Lastly, we would like to mention that for the first time in Nicaragua GVI Phoenix has a group of family volunteers building stoves together. We are all excited to have the Serre family with us and wish them the best of luck.
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The following film was made in Guatemala, though the message is the same across all GVI Phoenix projects