Another busy month on the Project – Sarah and the film crew left for more excitement deep in the jungle and then 11 volunteers arrived to do some community development work. They stayed for 10 days and did a lot of good work painting and fixing some of the schools with the locals in ´mingas´. The house was really full – 15 in total and everyone survived with dignity and sanity intact, with some more friends made and some more experiences to add the mountains we already have.

February was a great month for the project with new processes and ways of working with the schools and the new local English teacher, Carmen. As part of the changes due to Carmen arriving we started classes in Independencia and Esfuerzo - two schools 15 minutes off the Arajuno Road but in the local rural district of El Triunfo. Things are going well and there are meetings with three more schools to discuss English teaching in these schools. So we have gone from 5 schools to 7 with maybe 10 from April.

Firstly thanks for taking the time to read the first newsletter of 2010 and also my first newsletter since I joined the Project on 4th January.

Dear Arajuno Road Project Friends!

Christmas is near, the schools are off for vacations and we close our project until January 2010. That is why I am writing to you already a little bit earlier than usual.