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A
few days before Christmas, the annual Q'ewar Christmas Dinner
was enjoyed at the Restaurant “Urpicancha” on the
Huacarpay Lagoon. Sixty-five adults and thirty-five children tucked
into good Peruvian fare and played games afterwards – in
between the raindrops! Senor Julio said that all had great fun and
the day was a delightful celebration of the year past.
On
December 22nd, Saturday, Christmas was celebrated inside
the Project with the doll makers and their children. The Peruvian
custom of hot chocolate and fancy bread was given to the children in
the Q'ewar childcare Wawa Munakuy. To see how much the
children enjoy this custom is a sight to behold!
December
26th and 27th saw the visit of some Swiss
friends of the Project. Their good impression of the Project and its
social initiative certainly will be spread amongst their compatriots
as they return home. Usually between Christmas and Three Kings Day,
the workshop ladies have a two week paid vacation, but this year, the
vacation time will be postponed until the middle or end of January,
as there still are orders to be filled.
And
finally, on January 6th, a team of 13 medical volunteers
from the U.S.A. will arrive at Q'ewar to set up a small clinic
for two days. (Please see: http://www.healingperu.org/)
Those
Q'ewar workers and their children who wish, will receive free
care. Then, the clinic will open to the general village population
for two days. The team includes 2 general practitioners, a
gynecologist, a dentist, and 2 nurses. A Franciscan Friar and
translators will complete the group. The promised donations of
medicines, clothing and items for children will be greatly
appreciated as well!
2008
promises to be a busy and challenging year for the Q'ewar
Project! New opportunities, new volunteers coming to join the work,
new ways of seeing ahead to advance the social initiative goals of
the Project – all these the Future promises to reveal!
May
2008 bring each of you, our Readers and Friends, clarity and always a
way forward through the challenges and joys of the New Year.
Warmest
Regards,
Julio,
Lucy and all the Q'ewar workers!
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