Celebrating the Archangel Michael

September and October is traditionally the time of the year to make a connection with this sun being who is the spirit of our present age.  He is usually depicted slaying the dragon of ignorance with his sword.

I made about 30 swords from balsa wood in my workshop for children in Sauce and Tarapoto to sand down and paint as a tangible symbol for this angelic connection.

Construction completed

We are now doing some landscaping after finishing construction on an additional classroom and back wall with steel door for our 'Estrella de Sauce' headquarters.  We also raised the bathroom floor  to try and avoid the flooding that had plagued us previously during tropical downpours.

Thanks to the 9th graders from 'Das Goethehaus' Waldorf school in Lima who came and painted the bricks. Also many thanks to the students in Germany who worked to raise funds during WOW-day, the annual effort by participating Waldorf schools to help initiatives in developing countries such as Peru. We used WOW-day funds to underwrite this new construction at 'Estrella de Sauce'.

Welcome new volunterrs

We have two new volunteers from Germany who are already doing a great job with the children in our various classes and our group of 26 grandmothers.

Liene is from near Hamburg in the north of Germany and Franca comes from a village near Bonn in the central part of the country.

Here are Franca (L), Lady from our Friday senior citizens group (C) and Liene (R) in traditional dress from the nearby town of Lamas.