Lourdes and volunteers Victoria, Luka and Miriam travelled to the city of Pucallpa then took a small river launch upstream on the rio Ucayali to reach the small community of Ceilan. With a group of 40 children they held daily classes in movement, painting, drawing, reading, writing and arithmetic. They also made delicious jungle-style food together.
A VISIT TO CHAZUTA
As part of our educational and social outreach in the community of Sauce we hold a weekly crafts and social get-together for women over 60 on Friday afternoons. For 5 years now we have hosted field trips for these ladies to different locations around our region of San Martin province. This year we decided to go to Chazuta about 1 1/2 hours away. It is another small town that sits beside the rio Huallaga, a major tributary to the Amazon river with huge rapids falling over enormous boulders - quite a sight to see when the river is in full flood conditions. Chazuta has more of a connection with tribal people than does Sauce as there are several tribal communities further downstream from the town. It also has a rich tradition of crafts, mainly wood-fired ceramic ware decorated with distinctive designs made from natural pigments but also artesanal chocolate made from locally grown cacau.
Our group led by Lourdes and accompanied by our wonderful German volunteers Luka and Victoria were welcomed by the grandmothers of Chazuta who wear their own distinctive style of hand-embroidered clothes and carry thier ceramic pots on their heads.
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