Back it up a little...
It might be best to provide everyone with a little background info as to why exactly we´re in Bolivia...
At the end of April we both took the Biosand Filter (BSF) course through CAWST (Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology...check out www.cawst.org for more details) based in Calgary.
Through our friend Erin Swerdfeger, we met her aunt, Patricia Slind. Patricia is a Bolivian woman now living in Calgary who has also taken the BSF course and volunteered a lot at CAWST. She created the Coordillera Water Supply Centre as an NGO based in Bolivia and focusing on water and sanitation issues in some rural areas of the province of Santa Cruz.
Throughout the summer, Trevor and I have helped with working through some of the logistical aspects of the organization, but finally decided that we could fulfill this need while doing a lot more if we were actually here...so, aqui estamos.
3 comments:
JANAKI...shame on you...no goodbyes...nothing....well I hope you are having a good time there...keep us updated...
doh! I can't believe that I missed you ... I tried calling you later on , I swear ... and then you off and go to Bolivia ... well fine then! ... how long are you gone for?!?!? ... hope things are awesome, all these people are off to new and exciting lands... what the f ... and we are here stuck at boing school... paying our dues... one day..one day... jj you rock! .. keep in touch! when are you coming home?
hey layial and eldon!!!...sorry for not being able to get in touch before we left. It really all happened so fast.
We´ll be in South America for about the next eight months (which will hopefully include some travelling too.
Keep me posted on what you´re up to..how´s school, AIESEC (did CADA go well?) and more!
take care!
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