Estrella de Sauce building campaign

Heartfelt thanks go out to friends and family members in the UK, USA, Australia, Russia and Thailand who felt moved to donate during our Indiegogo 45 day fundraiser which ended Feb 28.

Richard, Greg, Rob, Hugh and Patricia, Peter, Leo, Paul, Boris, Sarah, Yvette, Abby and Daniel, we are really grateful for your support.  And thank you Robin for making the video and providing logistics from the US unavailable in Peru.

Your donations have enabled us to get roof and gutters completed, the bathroom tiled and fixtures installed, cement floor poured, a decorative wall of wooden sticks made (for ventilation) and our traditional dome-shaped bread oven finished.

A word on finances.  We were recently approached by a european NGO with a generous funding offer that would have covered all our expenses.  We decided to turn the offer down because in order to accept the offer we would have had to become an approved institution by complying with various requirements.  We did not feel comfortable surrendering freedom and sovereignty in order to gain funding.  We want to stay small, free, independant and low-budget.  The world of the NGO's seems quite murky to me and I instinctively feel like staying clear of them.

Bottom line:  Thanks to friends and family for helping us steer clear of murky bureaucracy so we can keep things simple as we offer creative educational possibilities here in Sauce and in Ceilan near Pucallpa.

Dividing wall between classroom and crafts area made of sticks allows for ventilation