Sister City Update, Fall 2006, No. 26
Download PDFPresident to Retire - A Call for Board Members
by Jane Furchgott
The Sister City Project will be twenty years old next year! For me, being an active member of this project has been one of the most rewarding and educational experiences of my life. But, after heading it for many years, I’m not planning to run again for SCP President next February.
I want to spend more time doing art work and other things that I have neglected over the years that the Sister City Project has been my priority. I plan to continue on the SCP board and concentrate on issues involving the sea turtles and the environment, my special interests. I’m happy to be part of a new environmental committee along with Linda Stadler and Joe Swanson. But the main point of this article is to ask people to consider joining the SCP board. WE NEED YOU!
The Sister City Project will be twenty years old next year! For me, being an active member of this project has been one of the most rewarding and educational experiences of my life. But, after heading it for many years, I’m not planning to run again for SCP President next February.
I want to spend more time doing art work and other things that I have neglected over the years that the Sister City Project has been my priority. I plan to continue on the SCP board and concentrate on issues involving the sea turtles and the environment, my special interests. I’m happy to be part of a new environmental committee along with Linda Stadler and Joe Swanson. But the main point of this article is to ask people to consider joining the SCP board. WE NEED YOU!
WCCN's Work in Nicaragua
By Carlos Arenas, WCCN Executive Director
In addition to being based in Wisconsin and focusing their work on Nicaragua, the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN) and the Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project have another main thing in common. The members of both organizations share a deep commitment to work with Nicaraguans to overcome the many challenges they face. As a result, our boards of directors have agreed to explore ways of collaborating.
WCCN has a 22 year history of working with Nicaragua, devoting its first seven years to developing and coordinating a nation-wide network of sister city groups, working in solidarity with Nicaragua and opposing the financial and military support that the Reagan Administration provided to the Contras. After the end of the Contra war and the electoral defeat of the Sandinistas in the presidential election of 1990, WCCN turned its main focus to issues surrounding development.
In addition to being based in Wisconsin and focusing their work on Nicaragua, the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN) and the Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project have another main thing in common. The members of both organizations share a deep commitment to work with Nicaraguans to overcome the many challenges they face. As a result, our boards of directors have agreed to explore ways of collaborating.
WCCN has a 22 year history of working with Nicaragua, devoting its first seven years to developing and coordinating a nation-wide network of sister city groups, working in solidarity with Nicaragua and opposing the financial and military support that the Reagan Administration provided to the Contras. After the end of the Contra war and the electoral defeat of the Sandinistas in the presidential election of 1990, WCCN turned its main focus to issues surrounding development.
Returned Peace Corps Group Provides Grant
The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers/Madison (RPCV) has
given us a $1000 grant towards basic infrastructure in a new
community. Our facilitator, Alma Susan Chavez, completed
a survey of the needs of the seventeen communities in the
Chacocente Wildlife Refuge and its buffer zone. As a result of
her research, the SCP board has chosen La Chota as the new
community for project collaboration.
Among La Chota’s requests are seven family wells, fourteen latrines, and a well or water source for their beautiful new school, built with funds from Denmark. We are investigating the possibility of piping water from a spring about a kilometer away
Among La Chota’s requests are seven family wells, fourteen latrines, and a well or water source for their beautiful new school, built with funds from Denmark. We are investigating the possibility of piping water from a spring about a kilometer away
Sea Turtle News
The sea turtle nesting season has begun at Chacocente, and
the olive ridley arribadas will peak this month. The government
ban on all egg harvesting, which we helped bring about, is still
being enforced.
More turtle egg poaching has occurred at Chacocente this
year than last, but the total number of eggs stolen is lower than
before the ban. MARENA (Nicaragua’s DNR) has been working
hard to control the egg trade.
The fight against the El Astillero Resort (a large tourist
development planned within the borders of Chacocente Wildlife
Jubilee House Speakers
23 Oct 2006 - 8:00pm
Pat and Kathy Floerke from Jubilee House Community in
Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, will speak again in Richland Center
on Monday, October 23, at 7:00 pm at the Pippin Center, Melvill
Hall, UW-Richland. Their talk is called “Sustainable Alternatives
for Sustaining Hope in Nicaragua.”
They will talk about Nicaragua and the work of their
Center for Development of Central America. This group has
done wonderful work in organizing people to work together
for their basic rights and necessities in a very poor area of
Nicaragua. Some projects started by CDCA are the Nueva Vida
Women’s Sewing Co-op, as well as organic agriculture, concrete
Burrito Supper Benefit is a Success
The 12th Annual Sister City Burrito Supper and Dance was held on Friday, October 27 at Blue Highways in Richland Center. By all accounts, those in attendance had a wonderful time. The food was excellent and lively dance music was provided by the Kettle Creek String Band.
