Project Gettysburg - Leon

In  a recent meeting of the World Outreach Committee of St. James Lutheran Church the committee agreed to support the Talolinga Agricuture Project with a contribution of $1,400.

Greg Bowles, PGL's in-country program director, will have a busy January as he administers visits by two delegations--first the annual January group of Gettysburg College students, followed closely by a delegation representing the Adams County Young Grower Association.

Plans are in full swing for the 2012 annual PGL fund-raising auction, "Nicaragua Night," scheduled for Saturday, January 28. Once again approximately 600 attendees are expected.

A special fund-raising campaign was initiated in November in order to raise the $20,000 PGL has committed for the construction of a preschool in the community of Monte Horet.

In the community of Monte Horet women have been learning how to construct their own solar ovens and then go about building them. Over 25 of these ovens have been built so far, with more planned.

In collaboration with the Penn State Extension Young Grower Alliance (YGA) PGL has entered into a two-year program of agricultural extension support for the rural community of Talolinga in the district of León. The project, to be implemented through four specific phases, is budgeted at $15,000, and will begin within a matter of weeks.

The new Sponsorship Program, whereby three projects are offered for sponsorship by individuals, was officially introduced at PGL's monthly meeting on June 5. Full details of the program, as well as on-line registration, are available on this website. Simply click on "Sponsor a Project" to get all the information.

Professor Kathy Cain’s First Year Seminar, “Worlds of Children,” is in León May 16-23.  As a part of the schedule Professor Cain and the college students will be spending one night in Talolinga and working with the residents to build a wood-conserving stove. The course, held last fall semester at Gettysburg College, scheduled this international experience as the culminating component in the study of children.