RAINY DAYS IN THE BLUE ROOM

Team work!

It is rainy season here in Cochabamba which means the hills turn a emerald green and the horses spend their days grazing in the empty lots around the city.

We are trying desperately to get the "blue room" done and the seed sprouting underway.

Erin and Manuel volunteering

 TGFV (Thank God For Volunteers)....Erin has been with us for the month and has been amazing in her tenacity for this project. She hails from Washington state and works as a chemist but has discovered she has a talent for building shelves with not very straight knotty eucalyptus logs! She and I struggled together after Micha left (another TGFV!) to figure out how the heck you put these things together!!

This week we have been moving quickly thanks to Manuel who is visiting Erin from Peru and Pinki who is  always ready to lend a hand. 2 shelves are almost complete and ready to be put into production! I have included some fotos of them workin in the rain in the blue room to give you an idea of what we are up to.

The first shelf!!!

We have raised about $900 and still need another $1000 or so to finish shelves, set up a watering system and get the seeds. Thanks to all who have donated we really appreciate it and to those who haven't been able to yet even $10 or $20 goes a long way so if your inspired hit the button to the right of this post.

Cielo and her foal

Hi there this is Lee in Cochabamba. I wanted to give an update on how fundraising was going to date and share some updated costs.

First we have a new addition to the Vida y Esperanza family!!! Geronimo a beautiful pinto whose mother is Cielo and father is Pittu. He loves to canter around after his mom as she works in the afternoon.

To date we have raised $560 (thanks!!!) which has been spent to buy wood to make our own funky shelves (we have finally found a volunteer to finish this work since Micah left!). We have dug the foundation our for the room (but still need funds for the foundations and floor approx $200). We have put a roof on and put up blue plastic tarps for the sides (still need funds to put up adobe walls which will allow us to better control temperature and humidity $340).

The room for seed sprouting under the trees

 We have found a plastic container that will work to fashion the growing trays. The containers needs to be cut and drilled and a plastic drain put in making the cost of each container is $7. We have bought 30 containers but still need another 30 ($270 we still owe $60 on the ones we just bought!). We are still playing around with how to set up the watering system and are estimating that will cost approx. $500.

So folks we are still raising money if you can help us out! Click that button to the right!