One of the things I came here to do was to help with marketing and fund-raising for Living Heart, I helped to write the newsletter which was e-mailed the end of March. One of the things I feel Living Heart does really well is keeping in touch with supporters on a consistent basis, if you would like to read the newsletter here is the link:
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/912975/9741d36d45/TEST/TEST/
April is the beginning of the school year here for the children in the highland communities, they do not go in March because their parents keep them at home to help with the harvest. I visited one of our highland communities where we provide a hot lunch and dinner to the children as they are malnourished, very small for their ages. We brought the food for two weeks, rice, cereal and fresh vegetables and in two more weeks more fresh produce.
Rita the nurse who works for Living Heart is measuring and weighing all the children, this is done at the beginning of the school year and again at the end of the school year to see how their development has progressed. Peter a volunteer dentist from England is checking all the children´s teeth and Living Heart plans to invite dentists to treat the children´s dental needs.
We decided to go see the high altitude lake since we were quite close and it was worth the visit, the lake is at 12,000 feet.
The team, myself, Fani (staff), Suzanna, a photographer from England and the daughter of Sonia, the founder of Living Heart, Rita (staff), Peter, a volunteer dentist from England and Martin our driver.
Martin does very well on these roads, they are not paved and there are lots of curves.
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