Erica Wales, the Peace Corps volunteer who is running the Salesatele freshwater spring project in Samoa has recently posted about our visit there in November, along with a couple more pics.
Erica was a great host, and we got on really well with her during our visit there. I’m sure you’d like to read what she had to say about us, the project, and see the pictures…so just click the link to read her blog entry.
wurld funded this project just before the tragic tsunami in October, so we were very concerned for the safety of those involved when we heard the news.
The village men were lucky because they were to be working on the project when the tsunami hit, but everyone got out in time after the earthquake. The project had been started but fortunately not destroyed. There was some minor damage to a rock wall the men had built, but they’ve fixed that and are keeping going. The supplies were all in a secure location and not washed away.
A few of us wurld’ers joined with dozens of others to plant trees at a local planting day, organised by the brilliant team at Kaipatiki Project. Together we planted 800 trees and then ate our way through sausages, salad and soup, perfect!
Why not find a local planting day near you…?
