Day 13 (Thursday, 01/11/07)

            7:00am Breakfast in Hotel

      8:00am  Leave for a day with LWR led by César Castillo Project Director of LWR.

      Travel to La Esperanza (Hope) Cooperative. Meet with members of the Board and members of  Cooperative. Learn about the progress of the cooperative and the different challenges they have encountered for their development.

      Members of the Board of Directors of Coop:

      Enrique Manzanares – President

      Melania Villarreyna – Vice-President

      Mercedes Zelaya – Treasurer

      Anastasio Herrera – Secretary

      Otoniel Arauz – Coordinator of Internal Control

      Antonio Laguna – Oversight Board

      From CECOCAFÉN: Felix Pozo and Francisco Gutiérrez

      12:00pm Travel back to El Tuma La Dalia

      12:40pm Lunch at La Dalia

      2:00 pm Visit Women’s Collective supported by Project CIPRES/LWR. They work on growing, processing and commercializing medicinal plants and conserved products.

      Women present involved in processing medicinal plants: Rosibel Guido and Norma Elena Martínez.

      Woman that showed us and explained biogas at her house: Aidée Centeno

      Cipres/LWR rep: Javier Mondragón

4:20 pm  Return to Matagalpa

7:00 pm Dinner at  Hotel San Tomas

8:00pm Group Reflection 

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