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VOLUME 34, NUMBER 17 SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 FREE THE WEEKLY NEWS & LIFESTYLE JOURNAL OF MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY Sports Highlights: From Kennett’s Boys Soccer results to the latest news from the Field Hockey team to a quick rundown of the MWV Ski Team, you’ll find it all here in The Ear … A6-9 & 11 Climbing Against Cancer: Jen’s Friends Cancer Foundation hosted its annual Climb Against Cancer on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Cranmore Mtn. Resort … A 14 Nooks & Crannies: Writer Steve Smith treks to Mt. Carrigain, the 4,700-foot behemoth that looms at the southeastern corner of the Pemigewasset Wilderness … A 24 A SALMON PRESS PUBLICATION • (603) 447-6336 • PUBLISHED IN CONWAY, NH Page Two Volunteer making a difference in Nicaragua village By ERIN PLUMMER Assitant Editor of The Meredith News MOULTONBORO — An effort to help the people of El Hatillo, Nicaragua, is underway thanks to a Peace Corps volunteer from Moultonboro. Danielle Costanza was assigned to volunteer in Nicaragua, where she is starting an effort to collect seeds for local farmers and improve the failing infra- structure of one village. Danielle Costanza of Moultonboro is volunteering in the village of El Hatilla in Nicaragua with the Peace Corps. She is working with villagers and people back home to help gather seeds for the com- munity and improve health and living conditions. (Courtesy Photos) ‘Seeds for El Hatillo.’” ed include tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, Costanza and Machado have created melons, squash, and others. “Seeds for El Hatillo,” an organization The third goal is to begin a small collecting seeds, planting recourses, and business for the women. It costs $60 to donations to provide sustainable living build a mud oven and the women in the solutions to the people of the village. village have organized to begin a bakery “The community will be brainstorm- to make and sell bread. Money is needed ing their own ways of raising money for to build the ovens and to purchase the this cause, but the hard fact is that supplies and utensils they need to get money is scarce and difficult to obtain,” started. The profits will be shared Costanza wrote. amongst them to improve the lives of Costanza grew up in Moultonboro The villagers, however, lack the seeds, The goals of Seeds for El Hatillo their children by feeding and clothing and attended Moultonboro Academy. fertilizer, and other resources to plant include increasing farm production by them. She recently graduated from the and cannot borrow money. They have raising money through donations to Another goal is to bring electricity University of New Hampshire before no way of getting seeds for their gardens purchase fertilizer and seeds for the and power to the village. The group is going into the Peace Corps. After join- from the banks have no means of obtain- farmers to plant. According to the pro- contacting nonprofit organizations such ing, she went through three months of ing seeds. Additionally there is no power gram donations as small as $5 to $10 will as Engineers without Borders to find training before being given a site assign- and no running water in the village. buy plenty of seeds and fertilizer for assistance and advise on how to bring ment. Over 10 years ago Hurricane Mitch even one family, with the ultimate goal power to the village. The group is also in “She’s just always been a person that’s washed out the one road and bridge over of $1,000 raised. the process of speaking to these same pretty much interested in social justice, the Rio Grande de Matagalpa leading “We anticipate we need about $400 contractors to create a passable road. and she wanted to make a kind of posi- out of the village. As a result the road is to $ 500 to get started on this project, With the road washed out, people must tive contribution,” said her mother Sara impassable and the village is isolated. but the people of El Hatillo would be travel by foot or by bicycle. Costanza. “That’s just who she is.” “Life is hard here and the poverty is grateful for any donation no matter how Costanza did a fundraiser through St. On Aug. 1 she was assigned to the vil- heart wrenching,” Costanza wrote. small,” Costanza wrote. Our goal would Charles Church and United Methodist lage of in El Hatillo, Telica, Leon for the “People do not have even the most basic be to purchase the seeds and fertilizer by Church and had individual donations. next two years. El Hatillo is a small vil- needs. There is malnutrition among the September in time for this year’s plant- “The people are really organized and lage in Nicaragua, which is a hot and children as well as the adults. Some fam- ing. However, realistically speaking, we self-motivated there, continually seeking arid region in the northwestern part of ilies subsist on only one meal a day. The see this as an ongoing project and we ways to improve their standard of liv- the country. Upon arriving at El Hatillo town does not have electricity, or a road will use the resources for the following ing,” Sara Costanza said. “(They) she met her host family and her counter- that vehicles can travel on. People must planting year if we cannot meet this requested a person from the Peace part, Delver Machado. walk or ride a bicycle (if they have one) September time frame.” Corps be placed here.” Delever Jose? Jua?rez Machado is a to go to the next village.” The program also hopes to improve Additionally the women of the village graduate of the University of Managua, Costanza is working with Machado to nutrition in the village, starting a Seed are “pretty organized, they have really with a specialty in seed engineering. coordinate projects to improve the living Bank for women of the village to plant good ideas of things they wanted to do.” Costanza said in a letter that Muchado situations in the village through helping patio and other individual gardens to Danielle Costanza is documenting has worked in the fields all his life with develop more sustainable solutions. improve the diet of their children and her experience on a blog at danielle- his father. “We have brainstormed many options families. costanza.wordpress.com “The community received me with as to how to raise the standard of living In this concept, a woman is given a Donations may be sent to the Seed open arms, and they are very hospitable in El Hatillo,” Costanza wrote. “The certain number of vegetable seeds from Bank at: Danielle Costanza PCV de and hard-working people,” Costanza most decisive and appropriate way the “Seed Bank,” six months after the Cuerpo del Paz Apartado Postal 366 wrote in a letter. would be to improve and increase farm vegetables are harvested she gives back Nicaragua. According to a letter from The village is remote rural production. The mission of the Peace double the number of seeds to the bank the foundation it is helpful to write community in the Sebaco Valley, which Corp volunteer is to assist the town in so seeds are multiplied and always avail- “Vive Jesus” or “Bendaigo Dios” on any has an eroding resource base and high initiating and maintaining improve- able. package sent to ensure safe delivery, as levels of malnutrition. ments that are sustainable. There are no Costanza is asking that individuals in Nicaragua is a strongly Roman Catholic In that village, most people are sub- financial resources here to jump start the United States purchase a seed pack- country. ▲ stance farmers and families have land. this project which we have named, age and mail it to her. Vegetables need- On the Cover Inside Index Sept. 26 - A Day For The Dogs Climbing Against Cancer Arts & Entertainment ...Pages A12 & 16-22 The Conway Area Humane Society is ready and Jen’s Friends held its annual Climb Against Cancer on Saturday, Business News................................Page A16 Sept. 19, and under the bluest of skies more than 500 enthusias- raring to unleash this year’s Bark in the Park and Calendar.........................................Page A20 Walk for the Animals to benefit the Conway shel- tic trampers, plus more dogs than we could count, made their ter, planned for Saturday, Sept. 26. Walkers can way up Mt. Cranmore to raiuse funds for the community-mind- On the Links ................................Pages A23 register Friday evening, Sept. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. ed organization. See Photos, Page A14 On the Rockpile.............................Page A28 at Four Your Paws Only during “Yappy Hour,” or Passages..........................................Page A13 Saturday morning in Schouler Park from 8:30 to KHS mountain bike team 9:15 a.m. Photos and story on Page A4 The Kennett High Mountain Bike Team is back and it’s ready to Real Estate.....................Pages A16-17 & 25 (Photos courtesy Conway Area Humane Society) defend its unbeaten 2008 record. See Page A9 Sports ..................................Page A6-9 & 11 Page A2 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, September 24, 2009 Ear Marks Mt. Washington Valley Dog Park to be completed this fall Conway Area Humane Society provides community dog park CONWAY — Social dogs are happy the project on Thursday, Sept. 10. The tions and be able to get along with other fence materials and labor, supplying dogs, and the same could be said for park is intended for community use dogs. All dogs must be accompanied by many employees to work on the park. people. There is no better place to through yearly membership for a fee of an owner or caretaker at all times.