last November when Manuel and Laura were here we raised over $2000 to help the people in a small village in Argentina
and this is what your money was spent on . . .

the old school
 


 


Manuel helping with cooking!!?

the New School

 the work

 
the celebration

 

 

   
Laura teaching the kids to read and write
   

A family from another town - this couple have children who suffer from "Artrofia Espinal" - their bodies start to deform when they are ten years old - it is a genetic disease.

At this moment I am talking to different doctors to see if it is possible to start a treatment as soon as possible because in that town the doctors just let them die. This family has already lost a child because of the problem when he was 14.

This famil is just one more among many others in the same serious situation. My next step is to take doctors with me to Santiago del Estero to attend all these people.

Manuel


 
Dear Friends:

This is the latest work I have been doing with children in February 2009.

Now, I am working on removing the arsenic from the water and a commuitary orchard. These are images
of how the school looked last year and now and the inauguration.

Thank you Nanaimo for your help from all the families you have help too.

Kisses 
Manuel and Laura