While in Guatemala my access to the internet was limited so only now I am updating Casa Brasil’s blog with my experiences down there with ADESPA’s Project, which, by the way, was very rewarding. First, let me give you a little background on ADESPA. ADESPA (Asociación de Desarrollo Sostenible de Paraxaj) – Association for Sustainable [...]
May 10th is Mother’s Day in Guatemala and we celebrated it in La Guarderia the day after. On that day, Paula and I took the opportunity to interview the mothers using a socio-economic questionnaire we created to collect data about the mothers and their families’ economic situation. Although we spoke in Spanish, that was an [...]
The next morning we woke at 4am to make sure that we made it out to the Pereiras by 5 in order to capture Ana Claudia’s complete day. Like Jose Elias, her day begins before the sun rises. She walks about 1km to catch the bus that will take her to the CEC School in [...]
(Poço Fundo, Minas Gerais) Progresso We are proud to directly impact eight lives by providing merit scholarships to the children of coffee producers. We thought it would be great to give you some insight into the lives of some of these kids, for ultimately it is our hope that the total value of the coffee [...]
View Larger Map Matas de Minas From Lavras we headed north to Manhuaçu, the major coffee trading center of the Matas de Minas Coffee Region. As I have mentioned in previous blog entries, although this region is historically known in Brazil for its low-quality coffee, within the past few years it has been gaining a [...]
