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Arrival and Welcome - Managua
Friday, January 05, 2007  DIARY |
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***NOTE***
THIS ENTIRE ITINERARY IS TENTATIVE AND MAY CHANGE UPON ARRIVAL. DIARY POSTS WILL OCCUR WHEN PARTICIPANTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND MAY POST A DAY OR TWO LATER
Orientation/safety and security briefing/schedule overview. Dinner and overnight at Center for Global Education study facility in Managua. |
Introductions, review itinerary
Saturday, January 06, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Update on Nicaragua Current Political and Economic Situation with Mark Lester, Co-Regional director of CGE. Meeting with Bill Weaver, director of LWR in Nicaragua. Talk about LWR’s work in Nicaragua and its relationship with its partners. Introduction to Fair Trade by Equal Exchange representative. |
Sunday Morning Worship and Tour of Managua
Sunday, January 07, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Religious Lutheran service at Monseñor Lezcano Neighborhood. old Downtown, Tiscapa Lake Hill, New downtown. Reflection Session – First Impressions *Followed by Preparation for the campo (staying in the countryside with families), instruction on what to bring and what the conditions will be)
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Depart for Matagalpa - ASOCAFEMAT (Association of Coffee Growers of Matagalpa) & CECOCAFÉN
Monday, January 08, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Introduction to the community and cooperatives at the Cooperative’s primary School. Meeting with Representative of the Community Cooperative. Listen to the history of the Community & Cooperative, overview of Eco-tourism Project. Meet Eco-tourism community guides. Placement with families, dinner, spend time and night with families. |
Spend time with host families.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Together as a group do some activity related to the coffee growing processCommunity guide takes part of the group to a coffee field to pick Coffee. The rest of the group stays at the Coop center to sort out coffee beans. Observe wet milling of the beans picked. Cultural presentation of the community members. Children’s Dance group followed by evaluation of visit with community members. Spend night with host families. |
Matagalpa - Casa Materna - Solcafé - Stay at Hotel Lomas de San Tomás
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 DIARY |
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Check in to hotel. Visit Casa Materna (Serves Peasant Women with High Risk Pregnancies)Talk with directors of Casa Materna and with pregnant women. Go to Solcafé. CECOCAFÉN’s dry mill. Tour and explanation of milling process. Meeting with representative of CECOCAFEN`s (Federation of Coffee Cooperatives of the North) offices (explanation of what is CECOCAFÉN and its relationship with LWR and EE). Debriefing.
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Leave for a day with LWR led by César Castillo Project Director of LWR.
Thursday, January 11, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Travel to La Esperanza (Hope) Cooperative. Meet with members of the Board and members of Cooperative to learn about the progress and activities of the coop and the different challenges they have encountered for their development. Visit Women’s Collective supported by Project CIPRES/LWR. They work on growing, processing and commercializing medicinal and conserved products. |
Depart for a Visit to a Coffee Lab project with Soppexcca (Jinotega).
Friday, January 12, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Check out of Hotel. Soppexcca - Explanation of what it’s Soppexcca and its relationship with LWR. Talk with representative of Cooperative. Talk with young coffee cuppers. Participate in a coffee cupping session. Learn about the importance of quality control and how this can be used as a marketing tool. Return to Matagalpa and then continue on to Managua. |
Depart for Masaya - Volcano Visit!
Saturday, January 13, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED***Talk with Carlos Pacheco, Economist and trainer working with grassroots organizations. Talk on Free Trade Agreements, Coffee, Fair Trade. Visit Volcano. Visit craft market, Opportunity for people to pick up gifts for family and friends. Travel back to Managua. Final wrap up
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Return to the U.S.A.
Sunday, January 14, 2007 DIARY |
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***ENTRY POSTED*** |
