Family Ag school - semi-arid northeast Brazil - Updated school project! Since I heard about the death of our German landlord Friday - 6 Sept, I have been thinking and consulting with people that I consider wise and successful. I have been updating ...

We have been without our main water system now for over 90 days  (3 months) and have been transporting buckets of water from the river and from a neighbors house. I´ve been turning away volunteers as no way to take a decent shower, cook, or even ...

My little dog Fofinha, `filhote (daughter) of my Fofa that died last year, was injured last week by an apparent burgler trying to enter the main house next door. The caretaker lady saw a lantern and the house was `locked down` as it had been ...

SMALL PERSONAL INVESTMENT -  A small mini-company that will make `portable chicken coops` kits that can be sold and financed locally in Brazil for both students and interested small producers. I already Make An Extra $350 Monthly From My Silly ...

I need to get rid of the motorcycle and get some kind of reliable car. Also I need transportation personally to the doctors....

20 August - For the last week my heart has been acting up at night and I have had to call an ambulance (SAMU) to transport me to the emergency room at the local Jacumá for oxygen treatment for CHF (Congestive Heart Failure). The situation can be ...

We need to finish the veranda of the school house so we can qualify for the mortgage loan to buy the property. The development bank has given us a list of priorities which have to be done before their inspectors will approve us ... one of these is to ...

I am an American, resident in Brazil, 77 years old, retired (more or less), and active still working with community development projects especially with poor (very poor) communities like small farmers and fishermen. In 1999 I suffered a stroke which ...

For those of you who have known me for very long, you know I do not like to dwell on the negative. But today I think it is important to understand the problems that are closing in on us from all directions and to talk about the solutions.

EXPLANATION OF THE SCHOOL PROJECT – WHY A SCHOOL? We support a non-profit ONG (or NGO) created in 2005, a school for to teach poor farmers in the semi-arid northeast of Brazil to improve their lives by raising organic foods. Plenty fruit trees, ...