This week at Project Somos we have York House School from Vancouver visiting. With 12 students and 2 teachers, they are working hard! With jobs varying from painting, filling in a trench, sanding the bamboo in the playground, to working in the kitchen or in the preschool. In the afternoon, the majority of the students […]
Let Yourself Trust – Volunteer Trip February 2016
This past week our dear friends Marytn & Justine, of Let Yourself Trust returned to Project Somos one year later, from their visit in January 2015. This time, they came with 22 volunteers who have raised money for, and to build, our music/art/culture dome! This will be our second building in our Learning Campus at Project Somos! […]
Guest Blogger Carla Costuros – 40 Years Later . . . Transforming Beauty into Beauty • Part III
During the second week we switched to felt-making, starting with ‘animalito skin’ felts using undyed local white and brown fleeces. These, the mamas stitched into pantuflas (baby slippers). Our second project was coronas (crowns) for the preschool. With this project, the mamas started to learn how to layer felts for pattern, design, and different purposes. Next, having developed their skills, […]