CECOCAFEN Information

Here is some background information about CECOCAFEN, the coffee growers' cooperative that grows the beans for Henniker-San Ramon Coffee.

Henniker-San Ramon Comics Exchange

We're pleased to announce a series of afterschool Comics Workshops, coming to the Henniker Community School in Fall 2008! In these classes, Henniker students will create original comics about their community.

Comics creator, teacher, and Henniker native Marek Bennett will lead the program.

In Winter of 2008-9, a delegation of HSR members will bring those comics to San Ramon, and work with Nicaraguan students to create comics about San Ramon to share with Henniker.

You can learn more about this exciting project at Marek Bennett's Comics Workshop website....

International Cataract Aid in San Ramon

Here's an example of other international aid programs in San Ramon: "Brother countries" like Venezuela and Cuba are funding cataract operations for up to 300 patients in San Ramon, according to La Nueva Ya radio station.

Meeting: February 7, 2008

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At our meeting tonight in Henniker, we decided to maintain this blog as a public bulletin board about our activities.

Here are a couple links we mentioned tonight:

• Jason Paul's October 2007 photo album from Chincha Alta, Peru
• ...and Jason's December 2007 photos from Chincha Alta
• Here's the GoogleMap of Chincha Alta, Peru.
• Dan Paul's link to: Earthquake-Resistant Construction of Adobe Buildings: A Tutorial
• Dan's link to an earthquake-resistant construction site

NicaNet Homepage

NicaNet provides information and inspiration about the many people and stories of Nicaragua.

For example, they've posted a page on the effects of Hurricane Felix.

Nicaraguan Newspaper: El Nuevo Diario

El Nuevo Diario is a newspaper in Managua.