Adelante/February 20 2005

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Template:Minutes Spring 2005 Present; Alex Buck, Natalia Espejo, Maribel Frias, Jessica Masterson, Yongho Kim, Alex Flores, Christina Krohn, Sandy Robson ===Presentation on Honduras=== *powerpoint presentation by Christina Krohn, Sandy Robson and Alex Buck. Project was borrowed from Media Services and the wall next to the TV in the C-house was used to project. *3rd poorest high mortality, birth rate * santa Barbara, Casa rosada. *Deloris williams originally cPeace corps worked out of a hotel. children w/disabilities. PR in honduras. us citizen. *hospital work: no supplies (alcohol for example), pro pothives, not appropriate, Doctors/nurse not expected to treat you (only tells you which medication to buy) if no money, can't help *work: making bed sheets. it wasn't clean, not new *Totora: letrina project, supplies **letrina: digging **no sleeping with animals (pigs etc) *Chorrera **isolated basket making (can't sell it, transportation costs) **teach school uniform **know what was acceptable at school **girl matter, father in car (14 yrs old) not lactating yet *Valle de Angeles **not many adults **shool **14-15 men go work to city **works socially acceptable for mom *Jose Deloris: interpreter, knows all the village dialects *went to Mayan ruins, Hondras thick of Mayan as national history *10 days *12km from guatemala *all pictures are up in photobucket, we can give you links *$800/each, funds denied via the Dean of Students Office, because no faculty member was travelling with us *presenters offered baskets received as gifts from the villages to adelante! (will bring next time? we need to contact them?) ===Fund approval, ITKW=== Alex Flores: $400 for Chiapas Media project approved. the $150 for the theater project is still unfiled as the person is contacting other departments. *Tuesday is ITKW, Alex will send out separate email inviting people for the ITKW, which allows for 20 people. All $120 used for food....