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“As usual,It Is all done on a high plane and Is utterly devoid øfrthe scandalous, the ltheLous, thejuvenile bltng thpt. ems. tofind its way Into other countries’ PCV newsléttërs. It’s almostBOPJIVG, which In my vleu’ Lithe best kind of newslettërthere

Is. How doyou do it?”‘Victor C. J hnaon, Director of the Inter-America Region PC, as quoted In the Carpincho

Chronicles (PC Uruguayari newsletter) Dec. ‘94/Jan ‘95 issue

‘There’s a. tftne to be nice and there’s a time to kick ass!Karl Banks, being Karl Banks.

“Look at the beach. It’ looks like you could swim therefrom’.here. You probably could If there wasn’t the ocean.”

Karl Reibel, making an astute observation on the Galapagos.

“Hey man, mildew happens.”Ron “Junglip” !Cnaps, discussing the Joys of tropical life.

“Ohyeàh,Iknew that.”Anonymous Visitor, tapping Into the famous PC gossip grapevine.

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Myfame Is growing .. .“

Skolby ndth, excitedly relating how one of l’ortoviejo’s “hottest” bands wants her to singand jam With them.

‘Tmjust trying to et some corn on the table’Jim Potts, upon receiving criticism for choosing a “Go Fish” pokergame to tzy to build up a

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“Las opas de Los EEUU sort Germs de preservatlvos.”Jodi Bammer, describing how American soups are lull of condoms ?t

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S. Brian Huater,.RPCy, commeniing on the two year commitment.

“I hope you’re not hurmgry I haven’t quitefigured out thisfoodthing yeL”

Bob Hornyak’s welcoming remarks tØ.tbö fizst.fflcial guests in his site.

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VIEWPOINTA Pearce-ing Thought by Wendy Pearce 2Theoretically Speaking by Karl Banks 4JES by Jean Seigle 5

FEATURESThe Refrigerator and Development by Ron Krupa 7Hi-Ho Steve.a-Rino by Nicole Dino 9BikeNirvana by Andrs Amador 10News Flash by Eric Cosgrove 12

• Yet’s Corner by Steve McLaughlin 13Street Smart in Ecuador reprinted from At Home in the World 15News from San LUis by Tim Caflaghan 15Goals submitted by Jean Seigle 16A Hammock Beneath the Mangos by the Manabf Volunteers 16The Story of the Day submitted by Jean Seigle 17Ecotourism por Francisco Garcs 18PCMO Healthwatch 19SDAA. Annual Report 21

SPEAK EASYWelcome to the Jungle by Eric Cosgrove 22Rock on Sun God by Andrs Amador 25Passing of a Day in Playa de Oro by Ron Krupa 26I Envy the Alligator Man by Mark Stiliman 27The Real Scoop About ETa submitted by Janice Davis 29A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to Ibarra byTim Sulser 30A Guide to Safe Fax submitted by Donna Lawler 31State of Mind by Marie Skertic 32

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Ode to My First Stool Sample by. Meredith Gaffney 32Ecualand by Pete Fontaine 33

,QUE FUE?Extensions by The Peace Corps Policy MakCrs That Be 35About Those Cars by Jean Seigle 36Photocopies Go To Heaven by 3111 DeTemple 36Your Safety Is Our Concern by Erica and Daryl Penman 37Security Warning in the Oriente from the U.S. Embassy 38Administrative Corner by Ana MarIa CasttO39Dia Internacional de Ia Mujer by AlfredôAlvarez 39Vegetarian Gravy by Nicole Dino 40Women In Development by Dipak Kshatniya and Michelle flumes 41

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Farewell Remarks by Barry Bern 6Letters 9

Happy Halloween, Turkey Day,Merry Christmas and Hats Offto the New Year. Wow, that’s alot of holidays and hopefullyeven more happiness to go with‘em. Enjoy! I know I will. It’sback to the homeland for me topass the coming of ‘96. rm hoping for a White Christmas andbaking forward to flailing in thecommercialization we in he U.S.are so good at.

Congratubations toEcuador’s newest group ofPCVs who “crossed over”

on Nov. 3rd. Here’s to two yearsof—as my “Information Packetfor Peace Corps Ecuador”describes the Volunker experien Ce— “satisfaction, exasperation, happiness, frustration,anger, anxiety, tranquility,excitement and boredom!” Witha year .un4ermy.belt, I canattest to the validity of this summaticr; Reaching and crawlingover the half-way hump has gotme thinking—something I’vebecome quite gOod at over the.past 15 months. Just to revisitthe past .a bit, I decided to digout the propaganda that broughtme here to Ecua-iand in the firstDiaQe.

Remember wien your PeaceCorps recruiter sat with you andwith a serious but concernedexpression attempted to outlinethe importance of.not enteringinto the Peace Corps Ufe with toomany expeotationE? He or shemight have exclaimed with asigh, Iithout expectations, one

The last few months of collegelife unraveled; still no word fromPeace Carps. It was time to getserious then, I decided. Work.Now. there’s an idea! So the jobsearch began and took me to theLA basin. Now this was it! Fast.Fun. Freaky. I had my firsttaste of multi’.culture. And then,throwing a loop into my discovery of Cahforiua Livin’ came thecall. Peace Corps wanted me.But I wasn’t ready to go.

A few months turned into a coupie years, which brings us to1994. Ecuador. Hmmm.Sounded good. A LatinAmerican country. A diverselend ecologically. .1 could learn toBpeak Spanish; dive right intothe culture; and the real juice ofit: finally “help people.” Sure,I’ll go for ,Zow, the hardpart—cohvlncing. work matesand family thätthe Peace Corpswas the right choice for me atthis point in my life. Not as easyas I thought. “Why can’t youstay here and help your ‘cvn’people?’ “Two years is a, longtime to step down from the corporate ladder. You’re only hurtingyourself career-wise.” I heard itall. But I knew something theydidn’t—I’d come back different,better and then they’d see,understand. Expectations. Nota ones I was so busy trying toconvince everybody else, I forgotto stand baqk and examine mymotives. Could I be ueef\al? Sothe only health experience I haveis a few years volunteering at

ra econizing one’s faults andpositive qualit.iee is a jour

J. ?ney and not something tobe passed over hastily. %bat canI do to emphasize lOss the expectations and just experience?Don’t think there’s one clearanswer to thkt question, butwhat I strive for is to bufld fromstrength and convictio—iookbeyond the “me” and ask theHow’s and Why’s. The past yearhas been filled with each andevery one of those feelingsexplained to me at the outset.Sure I’ve grown, but more thanthat, I’ve experienced. Nov’.,with not only a new respect for’my past and the. opportunitiesi’ve been given, but a look intoanother’s.world, I set out to helpachieve those three Peace Corpsgoals I signed up for. I wouldn’ttrade my time here for anything:”And I look forward to the ret.

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can’t be let 4own,’. rye ‘ áildren’s hospitals. I can learnhad this matter of what I need to know once I getexpectations on my there. And Spanish. Oh, I’ll pickmind a lot lately. When it up. Heck, after a year, I’ll be

I started the PC. application fluent. Ab, the words of theprocess, I was a senior in college naive. The truth of the matter isa mere youngin’ at 20.. . Life in that I wasn’t honest with the PCa foreign country; learning a for- recruiter or myself. Somethingsign language about a different besides an undying urge to hlpculture; forcing myself to do all brought me here. I wanted t bethat soul-searching I so lOrLged a better me. Everything else willfor to prepare mefor adult life,,. fall into place, I thou8ht. And“Expectations. No, I can’t say I both goals will be realized. Buthave many. I’m just anxious to what has really happened is thatexperience.” Ppffl’!! Who was I my eyes have been opened. Akidding? The recruiter for one, I friend said it best when shethought. She probably took my admitted, “It’s like, before I wasword for it. But now, I’m sure dead and now I’m living.” Ishe knew better. expected to come down here and

be a person I never was before;an adventurer, willing to survivewith nothing and without mysupport system. I’ll spew information and people will drink itup. Words that once were foreign will flow from my lips. Butwhat I’ve discovered is that theperson I was before wasn’t so’bad. Sure a few improvementswere in store; but a complete.overhaul? Get Real! Many ofthe expectations I was sureweren’t there have .surfacedSome have been hard to dealwith and others only bring’ mejoy. Working with and helpingothers isn’t something someonejust does. It’s a talent

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toarus nirvana. ifinally got the chance to play thesport for which I live here inEcuador. Not playing Ultimatefor 15 months, since the day Ileft for Miami took its toll on myhappiness quotient. For the.’chance to enjoy an activity not,topped by manyothers inlife, I would like to thank vermuch my true amigos wh9 metme at the playa to play a sport.most knew nothing about. ‘1really should stop now before Iget Weepy. ‘.‘

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My pals frOm PV have said thatthey would like to play more somy life could become almostcomplete if their interest is inearnest...

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andiddn’t really‘ ‘*ant to talk about it.

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tale or twocampo communities...One has been consticthgawatersys-’temför 17 months.rand.can’t seem to get:tbAngs together, tofinish it without mecoaxizg,.: coddling,

begging änd’genei’ally doing atotf’hafd-hliding I don’tmindólñWthat’srt of thing ifnl3r I thought that they really’‘WaffLed ‘ *ter srstem. . TheüglyleUng Iget is hat,awatersystem is not that important tothem;whenth&8acriftce of a fewbottles of caia Manabtta and.Pilsener.éack weekend foi.amonth 4s tOo much to mace sbthat the community can.ay.for,:the transport of matenalWwbic]imy host agency reqrnres ofthem They have a deadline ofthe beginning of tbrainyseasoil,’ and I’m not ‘owe they’makeit..’ ‘.. ‘,. ..

The other community is differ-.ent. They stai’ted, constructingtheir watei system last monthand they are zunn ng me ragged.trying to keep up with their paceof work I have to make two vie-‘its a week jit to keep aliead’of’the work ew& They really

wa*ater.. I had to ask,,them,..toeavateatrenchforawater-

“ lfrie’two meters deeR for achm‘ cal i’easons. ey gave ins three .,.

mters because 1 tOld tbeinids.es mejor .que menôs. They.haven’t complained onceaboutpaying for the transport of,.materials and the projeci hasnot been slowed becausO theycouldn’t organize this. payientin time for the deadline as out.lineaJ?y’the’cronogram (by theway can ‘someoze toil me. theEnglish word,for cror4ograma.I’ve forgotten) (Other Editor’sNote: it’s.’ ‘ttlineline”JIn general ;thi.s community.,makes me feel all warm; fuzzyand happy tube giving my time. -

andeffort to develppment work.

This community is workingimder the very same deadline,the begiuning of the rainy eOaspn sometime in December Mymoney Is on the latter

...I sure hope thingsare settling downwhat ]ias recently been ourshaken-up Peace Corps worldMaybe all of us,’ Volunteers and..Mministration, can get hack to.devoting 1OO%Of our energiesand.concerns towards our’mis-..sion here in Ecuador and The’ ‘past mistakes and, actions, canbeleernedfrom.andputbehind

Othibus”72’rcentiyaclrnoW1-”‘eagea their first year of sér-,’vice anl inqi. ata their last.Thank you’ to all hO jOined usto help make for an excellentweekend retreat on the beach. Ilearned the trick Of going to a.

restaurant a hour before I am,hungry and ordering Bring a.,ack of cards

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want dno more thá’kto pasSOutfor thi ‘idnight speial: ‘ Themovie óame ofl añdI managed tomostly d#on’ Out the high, lOudand iiot’Jiat Sdinewhat out-oftune hinging of somO srOet’urcb1ii’1nubäi I actually alept.pretty well sä a ‘Thwear-shattering solos sé ohing past mywalkmar n O.”Th’en themo’i’ waé o4er.’an4 I élipped’nblxssful pluto range

My rsleep,*äs invaded by a loud.mout1iéd,’êratchy voice in’ mydreath Hih oice’was the onlysounL Thereas jit this gu,;yeUing at mI “Through:a:fewbrief surfacinga, I realized I Washav4hginyffrst:”Cflr1O$”encáiiter.

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The’ sétohtime was on ahclEjeuti,o San,Luis’fróm’ Lojato Cuenca.This was ‘ànlythree monthsago. I *aswide awakó;’ ‘Iwatcled the’video as an actually very ithy,thoigh’arii’.oying’ comedian performe4 in a park in quitc (ElEjido?Y. Within ‘the &st 10 iin-•utes Canoe Michelena lmi-taWs”university etu. eats, oldIaclè, ckapaa,.Et $ixto, l,DaMk ‘ hñdórs on’ buses(IAY4& 4er AVA! jAVAS!)and just about every tie of person of Eczador (and a few jabs atgrings) I’ must admit mySpniil .waa’not’ up to’ eyer-thig be slid, p,I ,prpaIl O.:.

got ebout 40% of the jokes ‘flietrip was actually one hour shoit-’er for me that time. “‘ ‘

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bus line gol±igthb other. way, butvery recently I had.woken upthat day after an Ecuadoreanyou-are-obligated-to-dance-and

• drink” party. I was super-dehydrated frifl tbe,booze qcjem4s, Ihad àeaj’(Or wbatever), so Igot the ona..twç-”I’m donna die”punch.. “I w’aá ‘horizontal allmorning, trying to coax nourish-.ing Iiajiid into my pathic bág.ofpicklel cells. Foolishly, I nihde,plaa’ta meet my friends to a,.:“Waterworid” ‘.dO*ntowi.Having nô.:sucras ‘at thatmoment, I was forced to walk,at least to the APM But I oyr-:,estimated my’ recovery, an4found mräalf making’ stops, to siton the street cornei. with my’head between, my legs to rainstrength to make it’anather’block or two:,. l:know what t je,Ike’to .b one :‘ofthedrnks

passed wit,.err ‘the ‘side:walk at 1,

So.,that :td’gbtrwhen .1: was,•obligated to,pub’’myself.‘through ‘thepotentiai 9thcircle of

HelL ,Tbe triple B.’ Bus with’ nobane’ with bkhós Five houS. Iwould have slept like a baby, butthere was Canoe egain;

.P’to’ welcome,Anir’.’Arnaorto.;:the l CHina staff.. ‘L guess our,begging in the last issue workedand Andrés will assure thatthere is an El Clima when we72ers retire. “

.1 got a cat. I&ne’.IS AtILrtbOUgh so fkr it seems toprefer lentil soup. ‘I would like

‘,to see a cat care (de-worming,fleas, ufixingor..toavoid aeuphemism--snip snip,” litter-

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fj o ratpiations to Onuiibs‘74. We, hope that yourPêcè drps Service pro

vides yoi the ‘fulfillment youhave anticipated.

As I write these words; .is nearthe end of a kng, sa4. week. The,.asssination .of Yitzak Ra1jn,,Israel’s Prime Mixster, ha )iada profound impact pi me as

has hadon .niillIóñs ofothers,mc first,.tiWe Il’i,ye,do’ersasit was inIsrael. Ileft col-’

lege after couple of years andspeht’a year ii’ing on a Kibbutz.Twenty4Ive years ago, Israel’and her neighbors were atiwar,and I could not then have imag.med that the historic MiddleEast Peace Accord which Rabinchampioned w,quld ever havebeen possible.

Sbilietinies in the day- to-daywork,I lose sight of thePeace Corps’ declared pur

pose. The very first sentence ofthe Peace Corps Act ieasfôi-lows: “The Congres of’theUnited States declares that it isthe policy of the ‘United ‘States -

and the .puipoe ofthje,Act, to:promote worl4 peace and .friend’.ship through. a Pace, Oorps....”.I know that yo a&Vciunteerdeal *1t’ dafl Btrugglea, sometimes déeats, sómetimès vittoris. T1e’gain ‘thevictOries indevëlopiñen1wOrk can be excruci&tingly SlOW” end subtiè ‘Thework. of promoting world peacead friendship seems perb4pstoQ8rnorphous. to be.taken seriously. But Ylt ak Rabin took inseriously, and he :achievéd mOrethan anyone: could have dreamed:tenty-fi’ve years ago. It takestime. My hope is ‘that :thetragedy of Rabin’s murder won’tbe th’lasting4eaaon, butrather:

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Peace CopsfEcuador badly ladefaiewell tO Bare Bern on.Wedndsday? Noember 8th,Bapry’ *iJl ray uds byus and reatØ of Otaalo.We wish him. EU Uie beet oñ.hla.return toWesbInonti,C,.

On. .Menday, ]6&eniber..18th, we will welcomePaul Davis to Ecuador.

Paul will begin his 30-month.tour as our PTO, His wifeJanice aua three children RrfE,’Maddy, and Kelly will join himon Pee. 24th, Wel’ e,Pai! :Ozi Novøxnbér 8th,’ MarionBrione,cplebrated tier 80thrnmiversry of work with Pe*aeCorps. There’s just about notbing Marion,hasn’t seOn or hew.

moved to their own home, how-•’ever Arturo continues With hisdutie Until the en4 OfCPbe..:Thanks sb Aituzo fr his steadfast dedication to PC/E and forallhishelp. As part of our staffdown-sizixig, Arturo will’ñotberephaced... -

It hardly aeemspossible,sbut thic.is 1hé last El Clirna ‘for 1995.’! 1hope that you ill- enjoy the hellda’ys9. Thanksgiving, QuitoDays Fianukkah, Christmas andNew Year’s with friends andfamily here in Ecuador or else-where,’ lb’s an easy time to feelhomesick, so please take goodcare’of each other. Althoughmost. staff take vacation- over the,Christmas- holidays, I’ll be here..If you are- in the office, pleasestopintosayhello., ‘..

Thanks for doing the hard wrk.of:being Peace Corps Voluxxteers,I’ll leave you with some favoritewords fm.Emerson ‘whichdefine sccOSs2 and uiy.pre,rnature but best wishes for. 1996:

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We are incredibly giatefi.tfor:• her dedication to PeaceCorpe.

On ‘December 31St, -ArturdPeitafiel Will end a very long’-43yearcareer with Peace Corps.Arturo and .bis- family have

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FAREWEL.LREMARKS

17PTO Barry.Bern.

My departure date from Ecuadoris November 9, aol Will have left.by the time you read this. Manyof you have heafli me talk aboitthe cross-cultural adjustmentcycle—the- ups and downs that”PCVs face before/during/aftertheir service.: This cycle does notapply Cnlyto Vohinteers but alsoto staff, and during my 2 1/2’years Ecuador I have gonethrough very similsr stages;.

alprepare toleavel amfeng ‘‘what many:Volunteers, fe1 as they

reach their OGS date: excite..meut about returhing home tofad*ienaand fa!oritQactivities but at tEe amé ‘timesadres in leaving Ecuadoreanfriends, PC friezds and favo1teacttyities, foodrand places inthis wonderful country.

It has been a pleasure to workwith you, the Volunteer.4ttimes we staff membeñbeéoine

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discouraged because a fewVolunteers—a small number,fortunately—give us headaches.In the overwhelming majority,however, PCVs do exactly whatwe all think they should do—learn Spanish, do some excellentdevelopment, work, make friendswith Ecuadoren a learn aboutthemsel’ces andWhenever I visit VolUnteers I,feet ptuñ to be associated ‘wft)iPeace Corps.and energized bythe dedication, work, end goodhumor you generally show asyou, go about your day-to-daylife. And I thaofo’tliat4:

I hope Peace Corps will ha,e alife-long impact- esi YOU; I havealways maintaifled that myPeace Corps service was the bestexperience of mylife—with allits positives and negatives—andI still maintain, this more thanthidy ‘years’ later! Just beforeleavipg Ecuador, I -returned to -

Colonibla for a few days to visit,friends and—can you believethié?—a couñtepart from myPeace Corps days more thanthirty. yOars ago! - -

I wish you all the very best inthe future—here, there, wherever I will retun to my home inWashington, D.C., to work atPeace Corps or somewhere else.If you caie to look me up, myname will be in the telephonebook.

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Dearest amily and Friends:

ThanlI you yoüroutpöut1ngof loue and conceyn during tlepSt few. weeks. Although myconditian’ has limited the use ofnt handS, it has not touched my

heart—I can feel your loveacross th.e miles. The cards,gifts, calls and prayers havebeen woridefu1. Your suppçrthas given me the inner strengthto beat this syndrome Once. andfor all! I am happy to reportthaI have been discharged.fromthe hospital and am recuperating at home. ‘To be surrounded -

by the lOve of ihy family has certainly rei.sed my spirits.’ I have -

begun physical therapy’ sessionsat” the hspital’and am looking.forward to Spanish languagetutoring once iy health permits.Ultimately, I plan to continua..my Peace Corps service,. as thathas been my life-long dream.With your prayàrsand support, Iknow I will make it! Thank you’.again for keeping me in yourthoughts. This, means more tome ‘than words could everexpress.

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I’ve spoken with Amy’ a fewtimes and recently received aletter from her with news shehas asked me to share with youall, her Mends.’ Amy has decided not to return to Peace CorpsEcuador. She is in.the process ofbeing ‘reoleared- so that she canjoin Bolivia’s tra4ng class inJanuary; ‘She is back in Bostonwith family and friends’.”feéling.strOng’änd greatly looking for-:ward to Bol1via.. Her wishes’for’PC/E staff ‘and’ PCVs are for,“contiiiued health,’ happiness,and succes.”.-.- , . .

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The refrigerator broke, It was brand new, butitstoppedfunctioning. The flame burned•bightly for eight days where it entered the

heat converter to power the cooling unit before .the..ecotourism council decided to seek my advice.job is to work with the council,, but I’ve noted 1heyonl3 ask my help when in direneed. I opened thQ,door to the unit and was slammed against the far...wall by a powerfl stench unlike w thing I’ve.ever exper . cerL’ My.me.at and chickeneoggy.sloo ominously congeald together with thecommunity and ecotOurism muck. For a fleetingmoment, I was sure .the multi-colored thing had.made a menacing move to engulf me. I was savedby the,cçk. fl kin hand, she deftly sqrappedthe 4lvlng ulstance into it. I feigned fear.:Iessnes and approahed the nivera for a quickanalyas. ;Fir4thixzg I requested,-turn offtbe gas.iWithin twenty minñtes, I had it repaired and running. The best part, I had empowered the ecotourism counciltq repeat the process. Now theyare doing it qn.their own,, It then dawnd.on me••that thisia what development work is all about,and I,though4,. what a gEcat stpry for a piece..on thedevelopment, process.

he r frigerator had arrived in the community. with a,techniciai to get it running. The tech•

‘rwver taught the people how to maintain it.He simplyput-it together, fired it up, eaw ice andleft. . search for the operator’s manusl was futileand so when the,ice melted after a nionth’s operationj1etairisiacouncil watched the fbod rot, andgas4ishup,the steel pipe. We tallieçl up thelosses at well over S/60.000. And alLittook wastwenty minutes of intensive hands-on instructionto remedy the problem..,

On another ont, the toilets in two cabins broke.But the bowelsofthe people using them didn’t. Iwas,prepared for the malodorous event this time,but stilJ who ever really gets ued.to smelling shit.The toilets xieeded repair..

I went tç the ecotounszn councll to get the toolsand parts. ‘Wbt tools and arts7” they répliêin

bewildered consternation. .Again,’a:tech had chine in, slapped the pipes

• together, flushed the toiletsto’ see if.they worked. and split; There wasno capàcitation :(ø traii4ng);no’”•.tools or parts no nothing. ‘•

Moreover4 saw noevidnce ofany—..;one trying tcrtrainaperson intheart of basic maintenance.’ Whenthinga fell apart,:thny’were ignored

or dumped out of sight, uckets were placed’Under leaks in the roofs.. Benches with lost legswere stashed under the cabins. Weeds were rapid- ‘

ly taking over the newly consti’ucted paths -Was..this a slight oversight on the part Of the development agency or had the people been:’trained butchose to play the ?‘ana game?- I don’t know ‘aüd”at the moment it didn’t matter; things were deteri.‘orating rapidly and something needed-to be done.

I couldn’t call the plumber (no telephone),! ‘-, .; •-‘

couldnt walk to the nearest hardware store (three .

hours by motorized canoe), and att npts tp. discuss ‘‘

the matter ‘with my counteipart agency ever the’radio proved futile (radib didn’t wOrk). $0 I hop’ed

;‘into the canoe with a list ofparts and tools (truSt-’.• ing my counterpart agency to pay the per diems)and headed for Borbon This was on a Thursda3f

By Saturday, I had purchased all th stiff.and was ready to head..back to Playa de O.ro

‘ in the counity”canoe.’ietmy.commi. .nity counterpart, avid Aovi in Borbon who.promised to fetch me at the Subir office prior to:’’.’‘departure back to Playa.de Oro. He never showed‘up; and the cà1oe left withoutihe., i learned later ‘.‘ -

my reservation was canceled by community mtn..bers who decided tp take:xriy “reOerved.” sace””Brilliant. Myplan to trainarepairinan wasput’

‘on hold andi was pissed. The non-verbal”mssage•.of abandonment’ the community laid on me bithard and 1 honestly didn’t know how to take it.

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larjtivedinPla,a4eOroogk ‘dcjaci6n.” hatwrongwith .:

Tuesday mmua the tools an this pzeture? Where else in thepartsorthes400000mm*igar weriddotbeteacherspaythefood (for the work party budding atients to learn?my house) That, thecoinuLunityfound space in the canoe to bnng IaiitIingthe eople’athqughtup on. Saturday Another subtle raceae, I came upwlth a dEnpienon-verbal (things are more oaikison The r*gerator isnnportani than people?).. No used to keep conimuility food inproblem I was ready to tram and generate incomélrom theTools anpts n . , . sale of helados, the toihand, Ijed4oge a ‘, ,: .

,• ,. lets ear&nothing.community leader to 1’ .

True.ecotouriern will.assigurne a stijdentv. ‘ earn substantlally.,.Noconnneiitfrom,the, ‘•

morithelongterm’.leaderd I ended up ,, , than selling ié cream;wycpunterpart’3. .

.,.. but itis just this typeson.: Plumbing is hard • ,. .‘ of thought process,woricand I soonbêard .:

.; envisioniig futuregrumbling from goals, thét need to beHyrum, “No plata pare. - . .. .acquired by the contml trab.o7’ hooked ..- - ..• munity in the shortup froipun4etieto •.. term. ‘The trick will belet to ask for a tool and explain how,to dolt. without feeding atheprppess but HyrurnwáB gone. beggar mentauty.* How do youTwo wee1s eerlier,I ba4tried-to ç . -weei a po ed-child frornthetrain another person designats4 ‘Jdea9freceiying something.fbrby the .gomauriitybut.toda3rbe .- nothing?. Bow can we help thosehad disappeared up the moun- who have learned only how ‘

tam. Latet, I found-Nm drunk :‘ take?.--: -

with abuhofhisb.iddiea. , -. . - : ‘‘

including.Hyrum. I couldn’t fin-- L The refrigerator.escapade taught.ish the work anybow ‘ me something very valuablelocated another brkenpipe . about development work. To fixneeding replacement. A.Week•. -:‘

it required io*ledge ofhow tolater after receiving the needed dot. I Possessed that knowlpartsfrumthe director ofmy .--edge because I ownedcounterpgbagency,.I finished,

-rend reparod a similar.

the job,batain my students -.. unit when I worked inhadn1sda., “. ‘ tbe’Pbilippineson

another.developmept• ,..‘-,-..;: -.;project. ‘ItasOasy

he refrigerator works fine, . to transfer this simplee people know how to. . knowledge because ‘

maintain it. Another toilet - the people truly want-has developed problems and no -. ed it. What a wonder-one dares go near It (and not fül revelation!because of the smell). What’s .

the diflrence? Whydidthe .:.;f*emtiniñggo eoeasfl.y with Ofle. . -.-. -ugbtinavrtex of trying toite and completely failed with aia a development conceptthe othe Why dO community down the throat of a reluctantmnbers attend tellers nd “ people, perhaps it is time to re

‘ ohailas.when foád is oflred and eTRmin’e.th project design.!stay await when there isnone. I ,. will-attempt to describe abave flat out been told by corn- , proceasthat usually works forty.membersand people I’m me: (1) Try to clearly eplainslated to tram “No plata, no par- the goals, (2) Attempt to sell the

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t*proCàM1steh.nda-‘dirty); and(4’Step back’and let.-the aeoiia t On thOir OWn. , -

$*crdbtteMimpeacab1e

• ‘tug. D oerñment jmply- meafle totes 6fftheblindera. -

and recognize chinks in the- dévçlópmnt cöncept Timing istolcnow when tOcontinue, fold -

‘orwalk away. ‘This requfres’the- ab11Ito Usteit, see End feel not’mef*ly to hear look -and’ touth.,Keen pi4vers dIobeervation-andrefledUon at each’ stage’ofthèprocess is alsoItii. L1stn to -

the pulse ofthepeople, eee’ —

through the eyes of otheñ andll from your gut. When some4hin doesn’t look, hear or feel

- dht,iWprobabJy ain’t.- . --- -

Well,gottago, the- Septic -

- systemJust went down.’- ‘ Nobody ever told me d

- ‘be shOveling shit.’ ‘No8 vemos!

‘Deelopment—DevldaEenj8notEmattãidfhowpeophedevise methods t’o seek personal’gain from a development process(from people, organizations, gov

ernments,, etc.) by

-‘ . - ‘ -‘ ‘Cooider a reflection;• -. - I will come, partiei

- - - -: “ pate, do it, consider-

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*rite it, view it,-

- et. so long as there- issbmethingin’itfor• : me Development Is

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those who want it toattain self-reliance, teaching toimpart knowledge that sti.k,: - -

- èeedlng idEas that fruit wit -

nurturing Th85e’ arC the thingswe strf’e fOf arid once &cceptedstay forevdr.’ The beggar‘men- - -‘

tality never goes beyond infinite -wayiáfiianipulaticri. Itis adeSi.end road W i’áentment;• -

Ive been hearing some Jargon inmy neck of the woods recentlyand its nowhere to b found in thedictionary, so I’m gpir.g to coversome terminology I’ve comeacross.

Nowthae’re in theThanksgWing season, I hope that.te pegues una buena jama (youeat some good food) and if yo&rereally dichoso (lucky) and canspare a few lucas (thousandsucres), you can buy a real pvo(turkey) somewhere, not to beconfused with pavo real (peacock) No matter what you mayjamear (eat), remember “Barrigaliena, corazón cOntento,” (fullbelly, bapy heart) or make thatpanzOn Itena (a full, BIG belly).Enjoy your pacha/iga (party) butdon’t turn intoa paracarda paItycrasher) yourself, or above all

don’t hacer Ia pava (skip toomany work days). You know thatJean would echar humo (getangry) aid you estarlasfrito

• (would be inVtroüble). Isn’t thatlaplena (the truth)! Thatis, ofcourse, u iless you can prendér ëlfoco (find a solution) or if youeres pila (clever) or a cepillo(flatterer). Maybe when you Vjr

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farrear (go to your party) you canhave fun by cäntando..cachos V V

(telling jokes) with your pznas(friends) but I want you tOmorder (understañdme;Tdidri’t

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say to poner cachos to cheat) onyour pelado (boy/girlfriend)’.

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Well, ponerte pilas (be smart)and don’t pegarte demasiadostragos (slam too many drinks)unless you want to be chuchaqui

V (hungover). Bac4n!, rm finallyVV done with this.latq (nonsense)

/Chao!

Hi-HciStév VRiby Nicole Dio, Mi?a ..

This4 nt be afuiliár greeting to you but babyboomers 1iOu1d recognize it as a line from the

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Steve Allen TV show of the 50’s. Steve Allen, amulti-talented entertainer is still inf’uencing people

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today as a comedian, compos,e.and musician. Although,there is only oneSteveA11ó4 requite lucky to haveour 5 evMLät1iliu’ tbñs;’ V

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Last MexcjIdarou.owesidents in Juan Montalvo.skedfØr,elp..to make rnoney faising cows and selling

milk. bk” I thâughi, “What a cool secondary project

this codid be.” Being a life-long resident of Suburbia, V V

cows weren’texactly a daily experience, so I petitionedfor a Gaiiaderi Progzam Volunteer. J&ge Deladó taldme that às:soón a&O 73Veuied

in tie closestG.P; V

Volunteer would i?tls I found dut that Volunteer wAsSteve. After W gfoiaWhile andtryjng to sounth V

knowledgeabl axiVre ssuring the, grpup every time tl%asked, “When is he coming?,” I ‘accidentally’ ran intc.Steve in Quito one day. We talked aid’ set up a datéfor avisit. Steve t9ld me, “Pigs are the way to go.” So, 11 werfback to J.M. arid talked up pigs. “OK.,” they said, a littlereluctantly. V

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StéveVarriVedVon time:and justin tfe to catch theSundy bUS back tpJM; Immediately, I knew we were ilfor a good day. whçn Steve started talking and the pas-.sengers started laughing Stevecepteyerybody laughingsil afternqon, tluz1ch, at the charla and at home with the

family! was living with They were even laughing aboutsomebody’s lice- and worm-infested, ia$turished pig.Before our ride back to Mira and after masse while waiting for FatherVManflo, who graciously agreed to;give us aride, Steve jawed in with the choir guys who wte passing time musically on the chu’rchVstes, Jtist$t$tveAUeu, our S’eve is a talented musudaWitJhi. 1O,m1-utes, Steve had about 20 guys a coped1g4ihstenrng and asking for trore afterSt.eviplayed gtiitr an4,sang tolk songs. I, of course, wa.uiiect tø’jow itt, but teonlyfolksongIknowis”IfIHdIammer” laskedSteve if he could play any tunesm Broadway mu1sIca1sut it’s a httle tough to play ‘7-6ii bones” on the guitar!

Our trip with Father Man WddWtino Steve hadactually visited the Father’s hqtetttwn Guatemala andthey reminisced about Guate 1oocU Father md, ashédrbpped us off, “Come 1*ckatthI, we’ll visit, we’ll

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It .%vas a thoroughly enjoyable day. I learned a lotibout pig, folk songs, how to joke in SpanV ish and

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(uatemalan.food, The folks in j.M,asked me for days,“Was that guy your novzo?,” and, “Is he çcning back?’ Infact, just this morning, two months later, someone askedme ahöü+ Steve. If there is a mOral to this story; it wouldbethat we do make lasting Impressions, even if it’s only V

for a day. Hope they’re good ones. If yorurre not looking.for a mOral to this story, if you’re in a slump, need a pick-me-up or need an animal project (secondary or otherwise), just yeth Hi-Ho Steve-A-Rino. . .axid make sureyou’re up on your folk music.. • .

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by ‘Kitty’ Kelly,’ Däüle

Wow! The time is flying by, andI’m sure Ruth Nävarrete, the former writer of Nuestro Idioma,will agree with me. Sh&s reen-’tered the “other” world and hasleft a vacancy for this column.But don’t fret just yet; Kelly’s to V

the rescue and HeidI will proba-bly do the next issue. I’ll try toignore her Siërran il’s and .ffV S

if yOu all forgive me: my silent V

coastal -s’s and half-eaten words.

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- ros at last! Neveragain will I bike In dog-

- giefear. Thedreadpariié that accompanies thesidden barking dog that giveschsé from. dark alleys will nololiger go unanswered. Thedogs that stop as soon, as youget off your bike, prepared forthe wcst, and Just nonchalantly saunter off as If nothinghappefled, plans of futurechases swimmirg among theirthoughts of garbage bag raids,will no1ongér get off so easily.I have betn vindicated andfeel the courage that comes••with such empowerment(kudos fórme for using themagic wod1)

[*Beware: dog lovers (spécifically thOse who stand by theirdog loving ways after countless dàg chases and attacks—Iknow’those bike riders outthere wiII hot be amàng’ thisgroup), bis article will.gétrather graphic, in doggie “educatio’técbniques; actually,just oe techiüqi.i.e’ that I have.found effective and offer to all,free! If this article “educates”

One night as I biked homethrough thought-caused, virtually pitch-black Cuencanstreets (no cobblestones thistime!), as peaceful thoughtswafting in my mind, I wassuddenly accosted’ by twosnarling, slobbering dogs,who came from out-ofnowhere. In no time at all theywere close enough I couldaimst smell théi’ nasty doggie breath. Now, for some reason that night I had loopedmy U-lock on my right handlebar (it’s usually in mybackpack). Out of sheer,heart-pounding panic, Islipped the lock off and, cocking my arm in front and turning back to aim, I let fly withthe lock. CONTACT! Theunfortunate but newly “educated” dog quickly called offhis chase. The other dog sawthat perhaps it truly had beenwasting its life in this line ofwork and stopped its chaseimmediately, perhaps contemplating new hobbies, like say,knitting.

I left the scene feeling elated,in control. As I biked on a bitfurther, wouldn’t you know it,two more dogs decided to testmy newly discovered dogdeterrent. Come on boys, I’mready for ya now! I quicklygot them to re-evaluate theirpasstime. I arrived home vindicated instead of frustrated—no longer was I the victim.Now don’t get me wrong, Idon’t derive pleasure fromhurting animals, but thosedogs will never know they’redoing anything wrong if they

never receive punishment.Well, consider me the•“Punisher o’ DelinquentDogs,” and class is in Session!(Ah man, is this corny or”what?!) .

*Bike tip for the week: for the 4love of Pete, don’t pass a caron the left hand side, airight?I never paid much attention tothe abysmal lack of turningsignals in this country until I •

had a close encounter of thealmost worst kind with thebroad side of a pickip thatsuddenly decided to rn leftas I tried to pass it. (And yes,.nurses and Jean, I waswear-’ing my helmet—as I :aliqysdo!

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Today’s talk: WHEELS

Wheels’ are supportedby some pretty filmsy pieces of metal

known as spokes. Suddenshocks—hitting rocks or holes,’consequent jump and perhapsfall, etc.—can loosen or bendor even break spokes Threethmgs that tell you there’s aproblem with your wheels.

I You put on your brakes andfeel a thump thump of therims momentarily catching thebrakes (see illustration 2). -

2. You ride and look straight’•”’•down at the brakes—eitherfront or back—áñd See the”wheel wobbling. This anbe’gauged by watching the’brakepads and seeing how thwheel appros.andgqeSaway from them (see 2)..

3. One of. the spol is brokenand clanking against the other

just one doggie, my work willnot have been for naught(sniff, sob).]

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spokes—but usually the ffrtwill reveal this problem.

TUlirst thing,,to do, elin’th ate‘thepósáibilltr.of a lopse

A.. hub. Flip your bike onits top side; Grip the wheeland push it back and forth;against the axis. If the whéeiwobbles, the hUb is definitelyloose. Sooo, tighten it, but nottoo tight (see illusáton 1)!

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A. So, you’ve gone and broken your spoke. If it’s on thefront wheel, bend low andthank the bike spirits for, notbeing too vengeful—this iseasy to fix, and all you tèed isyour fCbol’ Toot. If it yàur backwheel, give’ up all hope; and-take it to a repair shop— without a ton of specialized tools,you ain’t goin’ nowhere!

Start by deflating your tireand removing your wheel(unlatch the brakes for easierremoval--see last article forthis). Remove the lire—butcareful!—d9n’1 us anythingsharper than a wet noodle, asit’s easy to tear the tube. Theblunt end of a pen woiks justfine. Just hock the tire edgeand pull it oUt Now removethe entire tire and tube.There’s also a plastic strip

‘the spoke ifut. Thke *1’óffto.o OW,,tQ rerno the V

spoke iojd dorn oØespoke, ?nd with youradjisal,le ench turn dockwiseinVthe spoke nüL(see

illustration). Thêntitil,zcome ouf’fhzóui th’e wheelrim. “ ‘

To put a new poke in, seehow, the other:spokes are put:in, and’tiy to dupliatethat—which part should be ovelwhich It’lIb’e apparent Putthe nut igh the hole andconnectthë.spóket&.the nut. -‘

Tighten it-by tii Vd# dock-wise, using oiirhandy dandy’Cool Tool (remove’ that chainfool attachmnLand you’ll finda groovéVat the VbaseV àftheV C.T:that will slipCasilyonto’thespoke nut). (Now go on:to B.)’:

B) With your bike still ffippedover, rotate the wheel and note

• where it wobbles dramaticallyalong its axis (a side to side

• motion as it spins freely). ‘ifthe wheel is, catching thebrakes, loosen the brakes a bit(see’lastarticieon this).

Okay, nowit gets tricky.so go’ slowly with this.The sppkesuipuW the

wheel towards the side of thehub its on. One spoke pullsone way while the alternatespoke pulls the other way, thuscanceling out. So your objec- ‘ I;tive is to equalize the puffing.I.E the wheel gocs one way,tighten the nearest spoke that:.pulls the other way: So if itwobbes left, Ughten the. iearest right-hand spoke ard vice

versa. Got it? You thiVght:haveto do this over several sokesto make the smoothest transi

tion and to oidVovertighten

lag any one spoke. But withpatience and tinkering, you’llat least get rid of the worst Of

the wobbles.

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rather simple proce’dur’e, just’go slowly and constantly visualize what you’re doing.

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that particular problem thatmonth: 1) chain cleaning and2) brakes. Until next time,

may the cabs grantyou

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Mondaynight, October 2,

an earthquakeof magnitude 6.1 on the

Richter scale rumbled throughMorona Santiago tumblinghouses, ripping open roads,causing thousands of landslides,collapsing the RIo Upanobridge isolating the area fromthe rest of.Ecuadór, and causingwidespread panic. Thousandsof people fled their homes in.fear heading for Aztiay,Guayasand Pichincha. No radio, newspaper or other modes of communication were active for aweek following the quake. Thislack of information only kin-.died the flames of rumors .andfalse information racingthrough the area byword ofmouth. Rumors of a ground-splitting quake (terremoto)expected to occur at 10:00 a.m.,Tuesday morning increased the,..panic causing literally thousands to flee the area. As thesidewá]ks arid’public’parksfilled with plastic taxpsandflimsily-made shelters, colds,vomiting and diarrhea increasedas a result of the unsanitary living conditions and stress created by. the scared and confusedpopulatioii.

In Sucüa, the majority ofinjuries occurred in theSindicato de Choferes where acOurse was in progress on thethird floor, The unreinforcedblock walls of the b4ilding splitand began crumbling. The panicked people ran from theirtables and desks to escape outthe one door, down the stairs, tothe street outside. All theinjuries occUrred from peoplebeing trampled by the panickedcrowd or shattered.Øss failing....on them while, running outside..

In Macas,’ the tWo-year-oldbridge unitinthe areawith a]iof northern Ecuador and the’ .sierra collapsd. The road spanseparated from the towers and,.landed fiat over the river, a

meter section below the water.People anxious to leave thearea crossed by climbing ontothe fallen road section thenbuildinga flimsy bamboobridge ever the part where theriver was washing over.

In Sucula, a survey countedabout 150 structures with splitwalls and about a dozen withstructural damage requiringreconstruction—including thebathrooms of two schools.Near Mirasal, a town evacuatedin the Trans-Cutucti region, alake has been bubbling withescaping gases from below theground. . Near theYaüpi/Morona region, theground split open and landslides destrtye&many riversand transportation routes.These landslides, occurringmostly in unpopulated jungleareas, have affected the riversgreatly, causing the ShuarCenters which rely on them forfishing, traveling and drinkingto lose a valuable resource.Some Shuars.. living in theCutuct mountains returned totheir farms tO find them covered from landslides or washedaway with:the liquefied soil.

The De,fensa Civil broughttents into the populatedareas as temporary

refuges and evacuated theColonofShuar towns of Mirasaland Yaupi. The .FederaciônShuar evacuated a few Centersin the more affected regionssupplying refuge in theirCentro Formación Kiim inSuca. The Municipio withhelp from .the Defensa Civil hassupplied.food, soap and basicsupplies for the refugees inCanton Sucula. Ayuda enAccü5n with.the Boy Scoutshave done the same for the rcaalong the Rio Upano ‘valley andthe àffected.FIPSEShuarCenters.

Two weeks after the’first quake

hit, most familiCs have movedback. into their undamagedhomes and workplaces, butmany people are still sleepingin the parks. The more isolatedShuar Centers are just be$inning to receive some asic sup-.plies. The aftershocks continueas well as the anxiety andof the people living here.

As in any disaster or emergency, the panic of thepopulation can cause

unnecessary ‘complications anddamages. This is vividly exhib

I itedintheincidentattheSindicato de Choferes in Sucuia’

I and the sheer q,uantity ofpeopleliving, in unsanitary conditionsin the parks’, while their homeswere unaffected by the quake.While assisting in the emergency response, I found that themajority of the people have noidea what an earthquake is,.much less how to respond toone. There is little to no education in the schools, ‘andabsolutely ‘no emergency-preparedness taught.. .. ‘ ‘

To try to prevent a dangerouspanic in a future emergency situation, I plan to create a simpleemergency-preparedness charla’to present to students, and helpdevise/revise an emergencyplan for the schools. My problem is I’m no “emergency.expert” nOr a practiced teacher.If you have ideas, advice orwould like to offer your expertise towards this cause, pleasecontact me. I plan to includeearthquakes and fixes: how toreact immediately (i.e. drills),how to prepare an “emergencykit” and how to establish a safe”meeting place for the family.To help prepare and present thecharla, Thope to use an, cx-teacher/co-worker and the Boy’Scouts in town Ideas?Comments?’ Do you want monthe project? Contact meat:Eric Cosgrove, Correa General,.Sucula M.S.

News.Flash —- News...F1ash...—-- News Flashjjby Eric Coagrove, Suca J

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Dear Does,How do you de-worm cuyes? I’vebeen told one cc of Albendazole orally per kilograip ofày but I’ve alsobeen told oadniinister..even higherdosages because smaller animals havemore active metabolisms. What’s theright dose for cuyes? I know for cattie it’s one cc per 88 pounds liveweight, but I’ve yet to see an 88

pound cuy! Maybeits because I’mnot hitting them up with the rightdosage sofar...Signed, Perplexed inPuyo

Dear PeiplexedGenerally it is true that smaller ammals require higl)er relative dosagesof a drug than larger animals. o:instance, for Albendazole, we dosedogs at 50mg/kg and we dose cattleaL it) mg/kg It a a similar ration forPanacur (Fenbendazole). I’ve littkexperience with serious cuywran:gling, but I have gathered some goodinformation from Dr. Ted Townsendand Dr. Thelmo Hervas. Just beforehe sefue’d , Dr. Ted imparted thesesage tidbits on guinea pig ranching inthe Oriente:

DE-WORMJNGi 0.4 pePanacur 10%or Albendazole.:15% orally in adultcuyes. These are both liquids. Don’tdeparaskize a pregnanterna1e or

abort.Line down at the feed store say

the vet recommends Piperazine 53%powder. Dissolve a 10 gram packet.in10 liters of drinking water. This. issecond-hand, but Piperazine-is generally considered a relatively “safe”drug.Incidentally, when Dr. Erica asked azoo technista at the Ministry of

Agriculture (M.A.G.) how to de-parasitize cuyes, the woman gave her ablank lock and said ‘Why de-parasitize them at all?” Thefeeling was,apparentjy, that meat.cuyes don’t livelong enough for worms to be a problem. Of course, it’s different withyour reprcducers. V

EXTE1NAL PARASITES: lice or V

piojos can bea problem in cuyes. Dr..Ted recommeicls:V V

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1.. GAMMA,apowd&bath Putsome GAMMA n aack, throw .a cuyin and shake hifli np Apother powderis BOLFO. Bolfo iprobably anorganophosphate becaus. Airopine is.

the anti4ote.V

My formulary doesn’tlist Gamma,.but that’s probably anorganophosphate too.2. NEGUVON bath. This is a liquid.Only use it an asunny day or

they’ll catch coldand die. DON’Tconfuse

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potentially toxic NUBON. Again.these are organophosphate pesticidesthat inhibit cholinesterase -the enzyme

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0.1-0.2 cc ATROP]NE mi end intra-V

muscularly in the hind leg. You’EV findthisdruginbàthhumauand’et

pharmacies as Atropina Sulfato al 2%.Its cheap.

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Guinea pig wrangler DaveMacNamee, lately of Macas, recom- V

mends a six-inch high grill-like affair V

upon which to put your cuy’.s hlerba. V

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Imagine a short table made of weldedV

bars on which yo stackthe. food.The cuyes canV.go wider it for shade,

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provides shelter, andless food is wast

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STRESSV Cu-yes are fragile souls andvery sus- V

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ceptible to stress, partcuiarly COLDSTRESS. They can die for no appar- V

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ent reason and you might hear the VV

owner say; “He was sad, and then hedied.” Stress happens anytime you

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transport cuyes, with sud4en weatherchanges (particularly cold), or any- V

time around birthing If yrni suddenly.find one or two cuyes’patas arriba” •V

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You cn avoid trjsre cuyesin times ofstress with an antimicrobial calledFURAZOLIDONE Qr”polvo V

amarillo” as most people call it. Putone teaspoon n five pounds of groundcorn and feed this mixture daily for. 15

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days to keep those guinea pigs alegre..in times of stress. . V .

ANTIBIOTICSV

Like rabbits and horses, guineapigs are hindgut ferinenters.Their cecum (the appendix in wehumans) is a big fermenting vat . V

of microbes whose sole pupe.is to break down indigestible .

plant cellulose into usable ener-. V

gy. As the microbes reproduceand die, their bodies in turn provide a

protein source for Mr. Cuy.. It’sanelegant and synergistic system whichjust about any antibiotic will kill off inoff in no time.After almost all the “good” bacteriaare killed off, evil clostridial bacteriaovergrow in the gut, killing your cuywith a nasty enterocolitis. That’s afancy way of saying “diarrhea’d todeath.” Not pretty. This is the samefamily of bugs that brought you

Lockjaw (Tetanus) and Botulism. Thetake home message—DON’T go

by Dr. Esteban McLaughlin,Cayambe V

From the mailbox:-Well sports fans, a letter flooded fltCV

Vet’s Corner last week from Cuy.Farmer and Barbecued RodentAficionado VJoha Hays. He writes: V

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injecting your sick cuyes with antibiotics! Try that Furazolidone stressmix.Senora Silvia Ponce of the MAGGranja ExperEmenal in Chakura(south of Ibana) manages cuy and zabbit projects. She recommends the following dilute mixture for sick cuyesand it does in fact contain someantibiotics. Apparently, it works forthem. Questions? Call (06)910-691

In two liters of water mix:-one cc CHLORAMPHENICOL10%—abroad spectrum antibiotic-three grams SULFAVIT—an anticoccidial and antibiotic-two grams DUPHASOL 13/6-2(INDIA company>—a vitamin mineralmix, probably many brands will do.Give a sick cuy two cc by mouth,once a day fora week (if he tivOg—like I said, they’re fragile souls.)

SEX AND MONEYWith a tasty, plump guinea pig sellingfor 10 to 20 mU sucrer, it’s purient butprofitable to take interestin the sexlife of cuyes. There are two thingsyou an do to improve the profitability’androductive life of thereproduchtgfemales. Some advice from Dr.Thehno Hervas:1. ONE MALE per ten females. Thelife of a “stud” guinea pig is rough,but it aint that rough. Sell the rest ofthose bad boys off to the bar-b-que.2. Don’t allow the male to breed anyfemale until AFTER SHE’SWEANED (destetar) the babies. Afemale can arid will vonceiv if bredin the first tWo weeks after givingbirth, but this Is a big stressor,Normally babies are weaned at about25 days’ after birth. MAO studieshave hown that females bred AFTERWEANING give birth to larger andheavier litters (camadas) than femalesbred whenever the male jolly wellfeels like it AlsO, females bredAFTER WEANING have a usefulreproductiv life span of 36 months,DOUBLE that of females bred soonafter bln.hhg. Bottom Une---keèp themale separate until you want to breeda gwen female This s, of course,

totally contrary to random, every’piggy for himself melee I see scurrying across the dirt-çacked kitchenfloor of most cainpo houses. As ever,manejo is the key.

ASTORY:Among the Sierras indigenas in particular, cuyes are sometimes used bybrujos (witches or medicine men) todiagnose ifilaesses. The brujo movesa bewildered cuy over a sick person’sbody for a while, thenkills the poorbeast and spreads out the insides for adiagnostic look-see. The belief is thatthe cuy will have a lesion of’some.sort- in the same organ as the patient.I’m told that the brujos “sometimes”will strategically squeeze the dickensout of the poor cuy as theymake theirmagic passes. This pretty much ‘

insures the presence of lesions somewhere inside. The rest is interpretation. While I have nly doubts aboutCATscans from cuyes, I don’t discount for a minute the healing powerof a strongly held belief.’Since eating a roasecuy is supposed to’be good for convalescing sick folksand mothers reeuperating from childbirth, I suppose it’s convenient thatyour own personal rodent radiograflais also available ‘as dinner.One ganadero with whom I workedwas known for the prodigiousamourits of trago he’d drunk daily foryears on end. He fell ill two monthsago, and died, but not before a localmedicine man waved a cuy over him.The entrails clearly diagnosed- youguessed it, liver trouble.

FYI Dr. Thelmo A. Hervas hasworked as a technical trainer inAnimal Production in the past and hasa great deal of practical experiencewith managing cuy. Dr. JorgeDelgado, program manager forAnimal Production can help youcontact Dr. Hervas if you need advice,Volunteer Dave MacNameiaLely ofMacas, is also quite knowledgeableMAO has published an excellentguide—Manual d Criañia de Cuyes.Again, contact Dr Jorge.Delgado. Hecan help you locate a copy

CALENDAR Coming soon inNovember—The ‘96 GanaderiaCalendar.Those of you at the recent job confer-.ence in Ibarra have seen the work in’progress. Every motith covers a newtopic like: Mastitis, diarrhea, how to.pull a calf, milk fever and more! Lots.of humorous and informative drawings of cows and their campesinos tokeep folks interested. Just the thingfor your favorite gánadero comeChristmas. Cost will be abouts./3000. Available soon in the PeaceCorps Office or through me, Dr..Steve Mc-Langhlin, Cuerpo de Paz,Correo General, Cayambe. Phone &‘

fax: (02)360-516.

I’ll close with a quote from a professor of mine from school. ‘75% of thesick animals you treat wifige J.ter..no matter’what you do, and on1y’l5%’will get better BECAUSE of whatyou do. That leares 10%’ to..rovidence, hard work and luck.” Thissame guy would hang a rubber chicken over the stall of any horse or cowwith some particularlyr resistant disease. We had a saying of our own,“Put not your faith in rubber chickens

,“ but wó never took that chicken..down.’. . I mean., you never know.’..

Keep them cards and letters coming! a

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StreetSmartinEcuador

A. i epoduetion from the PeacoCorps New Yo;k Qtfw:e Sept

Plc rea cityvl’iidlydllvidedbetween-the haves and have.nOts,’-.where people live on the streets orin boxes In shanty towns withoutelectricity or ru±ining water..Picture a city where youths barelybeyond childhood leave schooland family and get by any waythey can, have little educatiOn, andfeel an anger that can sometimesturn to viplence.A perfect placement for a PeaceCorps Volunteer? No—the training site for one. Miguel Carlas haslived, worked and done volunteerwork with inner-city youth inNew York City., In August, he.began Peace Corps service inEcuador, working man UrbanYouth at Risk program.Miguel, 23, learned the obstaclesand opportunities for city youthfirst-hand, and hardships of his:childhood provided the initialmotivation for his’ volunteeñng. “Imissed out on a lot,” he says “Iwanted to give something to kidsbecause l’know what It means tobe deprived.” While his brOthetsand sistr turned to drugs and vilence, Miguel used comrnmltyservice asa way to escape andmake a contribution. As a high.school student, be volunteered inhis community, first ma children’shospital-and ‘at the YMCA, then as:

a teen leader In his parish. Thispast February, he began his mostintensive voIthitering experienceyet: working at Safe Space (run byEileen Coneely, an RPCV from SriLanka) ‘Miguel tutored GED students and went on OutreachMissions total with youthsworking th Streets, to distributecondoms toiliem and to let themknow thatthey have somewhereto go, someone to talk to, if theyneed.Miguel’s mother viewed her sonspassion for volunteering withalarm—wasn’t he ever going tomake any money? Miguel—whograduated from Manhatten -

College with an education degree- andturneddownapostasahlgh

schopi teacher—wanted to pursue• a dream. As a college sopho

more, he saw a commercial, about“The toughest job you’ll ever

- love.” It was then that he decidedhe wanted to be a Peace Corps -

Volunteer. His decision surprisedmany of his Mends, and his fami

ly did not want him to go so far• : away. Only In the last few weeks

did his mother accept that he wasreally goihg.Miguel will be working with at-risk adolescent street kids, developing programs that will helpthem economically, socially andculturally, ant working teenagegirls who are-pregnant or haveyoung children to improve theirhealth care and education.Ralph Cherry, Peace Corps place-.ment officer for communitydevelopment assignments, says -.

‘Peace Corps started-urban youth;programming in response to theurban migration hapenIng all - -

over the developing world.”How does Peace ‘COrps chooseVolunteers f& such assignments?Cherry says, idea y candidatesare comför blèln the urban eñvironmeñt idle.a commitmentto the issuprçtts.”

has in abuida •,. •.

On November 1st, theTraining Center hosted theSwearing-In Ceremony forOmnibus 74 Volunteers: Wechanged the schedule’ thistime around so that, for the

. :- -

first time, counterparts whO . - -

participated in theCounterpart Orientation-inWeek 12 could aiso attend theceremony. The presence of theCounterparts at this importanttime of transition to PeaceCorps Service was highly -

appreciated and really addedsomething special. A total’ of30 Volunteers -16 in ‘RuralPublic Health, 8 in SpecialEducation and 6 in YouthDevelopment—successfullycompleted training. Asalways, they all worléd.incredibly hard during their’12 weeks with us here and weare all confident they will beexcellent Volunteers. We wishthem lu& and succ ss In the

“two years to come.

For those of you who areinterested in receiving assistance from the ‘ThainingCenter staff, including additional Spanish or Quichuaclasses, this is the’momene todo it. To take extra classesyou’ll need to check first with

- your Program Manager beforecontacting us to set up aschedule. We’re waiting tohear from you. -

from Tim Callaghan, TrainingDirector’

NEWSFROM

SLuis

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The following Is a collection ofselected goal statements as gen- I

erated at the ln’tegrated JobConference In September andsubmitted by Jeaa Seigie,Country Diretor, Volunteerattendees were asked to definewhat they feel s the goal ofPeace CorpsIEcüador Thisinformation wiube used incor-relation with budget review ànd.creation.

“The goal fOr Peace Corps shOudbe to empower the country of servinewith the ability (capacity) to achieveself-sufficiency. This should be donewith as little foreign assistance aspossible to ensure that eventualdeparture can be easily chievedwithout an economic grant.”

“Inspiring development that is sustainable and appropriate.”

Promete peace and goodwillthrough education aOd cultureexchange. Prnvide opportunities andsupport change for those who wish tochange. Help preserve that which isof value.”

“My goal: (to be a) Good WillAmbassador; make a difference evenif (only) a tiny step; a grand adventure; to learn new skills and under-.

stand Third World countries.”“... I believe education is the

key.”“That Volunteers be placed in

roral sites with more grass roots mdividuals (counterpartS).”

“TO efficiently and effectively

A Hammock Beneati the Msngoes:Book Reviews from the Coastsubmitted by the Manabf VolunteersThose of us living here on the Coasthave spent some time (but not toomuch) laying in oháksndenjoying therewards.of the writtenword. There’s not much else to do inour free time when it Starts getting toohot to move, around. So as inviernoapproaches and with it, mango seasonbegins, we’re looking forward toanother spell of swinging and expandng the mind with an occasional breakto chupar a few maiigóes. Here arósome of the more recent books weve

assist th people of Ecuador to bemaintainable (in general.maintenance/basic survival); however, aYter35 years ifeel that this goat has beenachieved.”

“My job as a Peace CorpsVOlunteer is to facilitate what thecampesino is interested in (groundup!). No Single innovating capacitation is as irnportaat as the fostering ofself-reliance. ‘I see my job as a simpl empowerment. The specific projects I do are the means but the pointis NOT, say, more productive fieldsor more milk. The point is using eachsuch capacitation as a stepping stoneon the tower of self-reliance.”

“To bring communities in Ecuadorto a level where they’ have the capacity to assess their own problems andtake a course of action to solve thoseproblems.”

“The goal of Peace Corps Ecuadoris for the Volunteers to provide andgenerate new idCa to help provide alearning environment for the hostcountry people and also learn (theVolunteer) from the experience.”

“Capacitation of target groups in

read and our take on them. Join us inone of the finer pleasures of PeaceCorps life and read a book today!Cowboys Are Mv Weakness by PamHoustonI fIrst read this collection of short stories while Iwas hi college. Needless tose.y, i’VC reread the stmies many timessince, whether for a little taste ofhumor, comfort qr strength. Houston’svoice makes almost every line oneyou’ll want to highlight. Most storiestell of strong women in love withdrifter cowboy-types who will neversettle to be caged and seem to itive their

• dogs and freedom more than the

the tricks of die trade of life—andvice versa (i.e. capacitation ofVolunteers by host country .

nationals).”“An exchahge ofcdltg land

education/skills on theart.ofthe.U.S. and the host country.”

“The goal of PC/Ecuador “..

should be to enable developing.countries to develop themselves.”

“The goal of PeaceCorps/Ecuador should be to give grassroots’deielopment to comnunities kepingin mind thefrmntereSts,tieedsandlhni-.tations and atso keeping in mind the ‘.,.

larger interests of the country. Th.cultuTaI exchange factor is also inoi”twit and integr.. to the process.”

“Craft a creative response to meet.the expectatIOS.of‘the people whoasked for our assistance in whateverama of expertise; start with a clearanalysis of strengths and weaknesses,opportunities and threats, with input-.’output to achieve goals. Always keep-.an open perspective.”

“To stick to the grass rootstheme—working with motivatedcounterp&ts, directly with communities; sharing, learning and teaching.We should not be big volunteersworking for the rich people. Weshould not be free employees of thelarge aid organizations that only givestuff without training or follow up.This should not be a Cuerpo dePaseoexperience so we need viable projectsor directions.”

“They askêd.for us to come hereand, WE ARE HERE.”

• .•• • . 0 e •••• e * e* *

woman bCsidó them. Houston gives herheroines worldly advice: “Tell him itdon’t come easy, tell him freedom’sjust another word for nothing left tolose. . . If you can, let him sleep alonefor at least one night. If you can’t,invite him over to finish trini.ming ydur.Christmas tree.” This is one of thosel

I books you’ll want to go back to againand again; a pemnanent fixture on your

bookshelf. .

“Everybody knew what she was called,but nobody anywhere knew heqiie,.

It was not a story to pass on.Iri from late 19th century Americ,..

Beloved, by Toni Morn son, gIves abird’s eye view of the life of the freedslave through a chain of events in aSoutherti Ohio neighboihood. Spiritsof eVil that come back to avenge, a family set apart by tragedy and the hope’ of

•• • *‘• • *, ,.,• * • •. •• •• . • 0O * Ô *•ø * ee

i7 Hammock 3enecth the Mangosook Reviews from the Coast

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a young woman trying to break away,the reader is taken to the heart of astruggle that,gráited,fewofuscariimagine Mornso paints a realisticpicture and ai irLbriaging a Ipbetween race and tie. Oie’s left wondenng, was it all a bad dream or a viewinto that 4iich only few wi]i everytruly understand? Both an educationaland culturairead, Beloved, awarded a•.Pulitzer Prize forictionh 1988, provides enjpyrnent and fulfills Ouriosily.A must for anyone pursuing that“wor1dly” title.

Devil hi a B] cwbt Wafter MosleyOoooo! Weevñ,tlkabout fastand easy readnl This ain’t noFountamhça4 or The Source Don’texpect to kill no weekeitd with thisbook. No way man’ This book is theshill Its straiglitup árntallthat! Two,three hours, tops. It’s smOoth baby.And cooool. Vivid pictures of postWWII-L.A. makes.me warn to gç back,in time. And the iaiguage!. Today’sslang ain’t gàt nothing on Mosleyspeak. EasyRawlinsisthernan. Cai’twait for the movie! . ..

“A hundred themes and subjects spinthrough it,. dozens of characters, and awhirl of time and places,” is a statementwritten by Ursulak;LeGuin in supportof Alice Walker’s, The Temple of My

amiiia. As a sequel to Walke?sPulitzer Prize-winning, The ColorPurple. I found The Temule . just asLeGuin.describes, but oontrary toLeGuin, I found it o be simply ‘toO’much. Thereire So many ‘characteisand so mans’ themes thati feet nón arefully supported While reading, jlonged the simplicity and sup toftheme as well as the fill developmentof character found in The Color Pürpe..I suppose! just wanted more, of watWalker blessed us with in The ColOrPurple and in that expectation, it.as :‘.

inevitable that I’d b disappointed. But.,.isn’t that always the case with sequels?submitted by the Manabi Volunteers. .1

After 35 years, the Peace Corps is stilla symbolof caatitS.bs ‘)rsonal Cod t’iôscrvcè add .

for pace ‘. 1

and roes. Ahtca1]sforàe1’ebratiOh—with a tirpos: to reinvigorate thiàe Carps spirit through-out the Peaçe’Co community, andto share it’vith hil ofAmerica and the.world. .

‘This 35th AnnIverw$provides anopportunityjo retell the StQry of thecontnbupm the Peace CorpsVolUs,mekd;pf4e4aIgecOn.UibüUôiiReumed’Peacè Corps.Volunteers nake every day,” saidMark Gearan4he nw Peace CorpsDirector.. Aeriesofce1Obrations willoccur th ghput.th yea!hefl1irgwith a special March 1-3 focuson,theanniversary of the day President JohnKennedy signed theextcutive ordercreating the Peace ChipS: Eventsinclude a “Teach-In’ at District ofColumbia schools, a dinner, concertand dance in Washington. D.C. Peace :

Corps, the National Peace CorpsAssociation and affiliates around theUnited States are planning similarVolunteer Day and festive eventsthroughout the year.

“If everyone will join in, the Pe’CorpswIllbe the story of the day onMarch 1 throughout the world,” saidChic Danibach, presidejit of the,National Peace Corps Association,“and its message caa beconle thetheme of a new spirit in America”

We want every groip myorved,’ saidTuey .4ooidinatqiof.the.NPCA t’jPc ruin. “Most.groups ar ig uthavinga.VolunteorDay, a potluck and, maybe,a peace march. It depends on what

each region wants. We’re not talkingabout big workshops. This is just funand iñthe’spirit of the Peace Corps.”Murdoch andNew Odeas organizersare discussing a Saturday volunteeractivity in th&city.ándibigpotluckdinner in a warehouse. “We’re tryingto get the whole community andRPCVs outside the area to cothetoour events” she said. To.encptmgeout-of-towneis,. they’re organizinghomestays with local RPCV resi-’dents.

Kick-off events will beheld inWashington, D.C. on March 1-3. AllPeace Corps supporters are invited toattend. These events are the start of ayear of celebratory.event being held’through the UnitØd St$és. lb thenation’ capital äsidAo. titestreetfrom,wberç’ftau begàn the PeaceCorps, the National Peace CorpsAssociation flPCV/Washingtdn andseveral country-of-service. groups areplanning a grant event in Washington.The celebration in the nation’s capitalincludes a city-wide “Teach-in” aboutdeveloping countries, a big party, aninternational parade of flags with participants from all over the’world, aconcert, a gala benefit.dinner to honorpast directors, country-of-servicebriefings, social events, and a presentation by the new Peace Corps direc-’;tar, Mark Gearan.

The third goal is the focus of activi- .ties in Washington, D.C.-area sChoolS”to teach global understanding. The ‘

U.S. Postal Museum, which is part ofthe Smithsonian complex, is planninga special PeaCe Corps exhibit.

The Peace Corps is also editing a second volume of “To Tduch theWorld,” the popülhr collection of stories written by serving and returnedPeace Corps volunteersand edited byJohn Coyne. The.second volume willbe avtiilable March’ 1. Send shortessays’of less than 1,000 works thatdemonstrate yourmost memorable,enlightening, touohin or profound.Peace Corps experience to PennyAnderson, Peace Corps, 6 WorldTrade Center, Room 611, New York,NewYorki0048.

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ECOTURISMO:UhaAlternativa

Economia YEcologicarnente

Sustentablé, apropiadaparaeltcuador y el

Cuerpo de Paz

por Francisco Garcés, APCD,Recursos Naturales

Muchose ha hablado sobre

Ia destrucciOn de losbosques naturales de

palses del tercer mundo cornp elEcuador. Pero poco se haanalizado sobre alunas alternativas aladeforestacion, que proveansimultánearnente una conservaciOn adecuada de los recursosnaturales y generación de ingreSOS.

Una de las dichas alternativas esel ecoturismö. La posibilidad dêgenera benefidos econóñiicos através de las visitas que realizanturisfasa lugares como losbosqu trcpicales sin que estussean destruidos, constltuye unode los retos mas recientes.

Su potencial es bastante grande,conio 10 muestran los siguientesdatos.

• El turismo en general credo enun300%desdel97Oal99O

En 1991, 450 millones de vlsitantes internadonales generarontres billones de US dOlares.

De esos 450 millones, 68 millones de. visitantes partidparoneviajes relacionados con la naturaleza.o La proyecciOn de arribos de hiristas internacionales muestranquedichos arribos se dupl1caráz entrelos afos 1990 a 2010. Se esthaque los 450 millones de aibos enel aflo 1991 pasarána r937 trilllones en los primeros anos delnuevo siglo.

62% de los operadores turisti

cos citan a losecosistmas debosques tropicales como La preferencia principal de sus c1ientes.

Los niveles derentabilidad dealgunos negodos dedicados alecoturismö van de efltre el 80% ai130%.

El producto que más divisasgenera para Costa Rica es el turismo. El banano es ahora el Segundo renglOn de Ia producciOn dedicho pals.

Si comparamos al Ecuador conCosta Rica encontrarfamos que lasventajas delsegundo son su proximidad a Estados Unidos (queesuna fuente principal de turistas). ysu tranquUldad polltica y social.Aparte de dichas ventajas,Ecuador dispone de una biodiversidad más alta, (nuestro palsposee un mayor nümero deespedes .por hçctáxea al estar ubicado en Ia Imnea. ecuatrial), tieneamplios ecosiStems de páramo,cadenas montaftosas masivas yelevadas que facilitan laexistenciade una gran variedad de nichosecolOgicos, bosques secös y hünedos tropicales, grupos indfgenasdiversos y un excelente nivel en lacalidad y cantidad deproductosartesanales

De la comparaciOn conCosta Ricay de las proyecciones en eI recimientodel ecoturismo enelmundose desprende que elEcuador tiene un enorme potencial dentro de ésta indutria..

Conio cualquier actividad, sinembargo, Ia responsabilidad dedesarrollar el ecoturismo deperderá de un, adecuado mvel deinformaciOn y una gran dosis dedecisin por parte de gobernantesy gobernados

I Cuerpo de Paz en elEcuadorpuede jugar unpapel Importante en Ia

I impiementación del ecoturismo atravsde àcciones devariadaIndole: Asf por ejemplo voluntarios de pequefios negOcios puedenasesorar en éstudiós de factibilidad dénuèva empeas dedicadas al ecoturismó, en técnicas

de mercadeo y en asesorfa dediversos aspectos admmistrativos.La identificaiOn de riuevos productos sostenibles, proveriientesde bosques troplcales, corno sonlos artfculos dc tagua, es otroaspecto que puede ser considerado.

Voluntarios de recursos naturalespuederi (yestn ya hacléndolo)colaborar: en educaciOn ambientalcon las poblaciones que viven enla zona de amortiguamiento delos bosques 0 areas naturales queconstituyen el atractivo ecoturistico, en reforestaciOn de zonasdegradadas dentro y fuera de lasreservas, en la realizadOn deinventarios de atractivos ecoturfsticos y brindando capacitaciOnpara gulas actuales o potenciales.

Voluntarios de agricultura y producciOn animal pucden dar suaporte mejorando el manejo de losrecursosnaturales adyacentes alas areas naturales y haciendodisponibles localiriente, diversos;productos agrfcolas y l&teos paralos hoteles dedicados al ecoturismo.

cen los voluntarios de saludCualquieresfuerzo que reali

y educaciOn servirá también para fortalecer laindustriadel turismo. Asi por ejemplo lascampafias contra elcólera y IaeducaciOn sobre el respeto para lavida silvestre constituirfan unaporte signfficativo para hacer de.una poblacion más segura y atractiva para los turistas.

Con Ia décreciente producción delpetrOlec Ecuaoriano y la disminuciOn de las cuotas de exportaciOnde banano a Europa el Ecuadordeberã hacer todo lo posible paradesarrollar nuevas alternativas degeneración de divisas. El Cuerpode Paz puede dar su grano dearena contribuyendo con el träbaJo de sus voluntarios, y desdecada uno de sus programas, paraincentivar La implementaciOn dediferentes actividades relacionadas directa o indlrectaméntecon esta emergentè iridüsfrià

Is

THE DREADED “GRIPE”

The season of gripes is

upon u& :With; the arrivalof the rains and ‘the more

dramatic temperature changesduring the day, thenumber of.Volunteers that we hà’ve seen inthe Medical Office with respiratory infections has di’ámaticálly -.

increased. We thought this .

would be a goOd time to review.basic infOnnation about colds,gripes, URIs...

A cold the most common ofall upper :repitatory infeçtionsCoidsare caused bya virus andany one of mOre thait 100 differerit viruses can be the culprit.Once the virus settles in yournose, sinuses or throat, youbegin to experience those familiar symptoins—ttinny nose,scratchy or soréthr at, nasal”and sinus congestion, and headand body aches. Four coldsperyear are considered average foran adult, while children •cai’expect as many as six tö’hinecolds per year

Rethexcthètháflheriis nOcm’e

for the common cOldRest ám

plenty of fluids caniâke you‘feel better arid may shbrten thøduratiOn

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Antibiotics 1viil.dhgodsince colds are causedV’ini

és rather than btéfiaE Thare plenty Of Vtharbüa1i V.

do, hoWéer 6iélieiPaflöus VV

symptoms that colds can cause

SORE THROAT:V’ V -. =Sore throats oft&accOmpany.aviral respiratory infection,. but :can alsobecaus y bacteria,állergiesor irritants liVciga..V.

rettemol inflamed, irriatedtissues, swOllen iph nodes

V

and hoatêness ate all the nOrmal result of the body’s fightagainst infection. Self-care isdirected at reducing the discomfort. while the body :heals itself.

*Stop smoking/drink fluith—toreduce throat irritation, avoidall irritants, particularly, smoking. Drink at least six glasses offluids daily to soothé’yourpainful thiuat. V

:‘‘ -

*Suck 10 ehge,cough’drops orcandy—toVsoothè and moisten’:.your tht, suck on :,

. V

Cepacol lozenges (they’re inyour med kit!),.cough drops or V:,

even hard candy. .

*Gargle with warm salt water(1/4 tsp salt in four oz.water) oraspirthWaterV(one

aspirin dissolved inf ,zwater) al times daily. •

*TaJ(e aspirin

WHEN TO CALL PCMOsFever of 101 or higher, painfulswollen lymph nodes of the V

neck, Whitesp the tonsils..great difficulty swallowing orbreathing, skin rash, recent’exposure tosrp.

V infection is suspected—this . :.‘V.,;

determination is madbased•V

the presence of the above symptoms or if there is a doubt, via: a“4uick strep test” whichcan be ‘:

done in theMedicál Office.

NASAL CONGESTIONNasal congestion is part of thebody’s battle against irritants.. V

When you have a cold, nasal.,congestion increases blood flowto nasal mucous membranes,bringing, white blood cells andantibodies to help fight infection. Nasal secretions helpflush V

V

away. invaders and make thenasal’passages less hospitable..for unwanted viruses, and bacteria. Although nasal congestioncan be helpful to the body’s.healing process, it can also leuncomfortable. The goals of.symptom relief are to increase

V

comfort, while, promotingsecre-

tion clearance and relieving..obstruction. . V

*Stop smoking, as this irritatesnasal passages.*Drfr fluids—increase intaketo at least SIX glasses daily. ‘I-Jotliquids such as chicken soupV.

are’.

especially.helpful in speeding V

mucous clearance.*5tam inihalations can helpgreatly to loosen secretions—this means boiling up a pot ofwater, covering your head’ with.a towel and.breathing:in thesteam. Other options are a

steamy hot shower.(f.you’re.lucky enough:to’have :access toone) or warm washcloths to the.;..face. V”

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*Take a decongestant or an antihistamine.. The Medical Officeca.rriesa variety—Contact C,Sudafed, Actifed, Benadryl.

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The oiily time when antibiotcs WHEN TO CALL PCMOsare indkated is when a When you develop signs of a

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baterfalsinusitis_fever of 101or higher, bloody, brown or’green nasal discharge, significant pain in the forehead,cheeks and upper teeth when V

you gently tap these areas. V

COUGH V

When yoti cough, your lody istrying to clear your lungs and V V

airways or mucOu,phlegmandother irritants, With a cold,

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your cough may last Weeksafter other symptons have dis‘appeared.; Sin& your coughprotects you by clearingmucousfilled airways, the goalof self careis’ to increase comfort, while encouraging theclearance of-mucous VV

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gparalyzes the cilia and irritates thé’ V

airways. if’yóu’ smoke, this ‘isan excellei I time to quit.*Suek on cough drops, lozengesor candy. V V

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mucous, drink at least six glasses of fluid a day and breath hotsteam.

PCMOs for an expectorant/cough suppressant.*l)rink hot tea with lemon andhoney. Or simply swallow atablespoon of warm honey several times a day to relieve yourcough. .‘.‘. V

WHEN TO CALL PCMOsWhen you develop signs of abacterial’ infectionfever of 101or higher, bloody, brown orgreen mucOus, wheezing orshortness of breath, severe chestpains.

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PREVENTION OF COLDS V

It’s not possible to completelyprevent colds, but the followingsuggestions may help in eitherdiminishing their frequency ortheir severity: V

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2. In order to prevent thespread of the virus, a personwith a cold should not share V V

glasses and should throw awaytissues after using them andwash hands frequently.3. Vitamin C!!!! 500-1000 mg.daily as a preventative. Amegadose of four to five gramsat the first sign of cold symptoms. Once your cold has gotten established however,Vitarrdn C probably doesn’t domuch good.

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If you have difficulty sleeping,there are ‘many helpful thingsyou can do. The first fewnights—and days—may berough, but if you are persistent,these steps should help yourbody settle into a restful sleepcycle. V V

a regular bedtime and fcVl

low it, whether you are tired ornot.*Avojd chocolate, alcoholic andcaffeine-containing beveragesfor several hours before bedtime. Substitutewith an herbaltea.*Avoid upsetting or stressfulactivities before bedtime.*‘fl.y to have a regular nightlyroutine prior to going to bed—it’s best to end the day withquiet activities such as reading,

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writing letters or listening tomusic.*Cope with distracting bedtimenoises you can’t avoid (i.e. theroosters crowing or the dogs

barking;. .) by masking themwith a soothing sound, such assoft music or the hum of a fan.*Try not to take naps that upsetyour body’s timetable.*Exeise regularly every day,but not just prior to bedtime.*Gt up at the same time every

day, even if you didn’t get much

sleep. ‘ . ..

*Try to imainç you are restingin a tranquil plaèe, such as ‘thebeach or in the mountains. ,

Close your eyes and feel yourself letting the muscles relax in -

each part of your body. Imagineyou are listening to the surf,

wind or calming music. It maybe helpful to count forward orbackward. Think only aboutpleasant things, not letting worrisome thoughts linger as youlet your imagination help youtotally relax.*If you are not asleep in 20 nunutes or so, get out of bed andwalk around for a couple ofminutes, then read a pleasantrelaxing book. After about 20 . -

minutes, teturn to bedandresume imagining yourselfin a restful place.

Remember you are uniqueand so is your sleep cycle.You don’t have to neces

sarily sleep the “typical” eighthours. For many people, five toseven hours of sleep is sufficient. If you are having problems and the above suggestions ‘- -

are not helping, see the PCMOs,as you may benefit from the’short term use of a sleepingmedication.

Looking for Donations: TheMed. Office could use donationsof magazines or other readingmaterial for Volunteers who arein the hospitaL Our current

supply is very outdated.•

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FISCAL YEAR 1995 ANNUAL REPORTSDAA ..

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NIMAL PROD , 5 21% 20,868.00 17%IEALtH 4 ‘ 17% 25,711.61 21% -

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r WELCOME TO :1 HE JUNGLE

The Land of theSacred Waterfalls.

by Eric Cosgrove

Just what is. a pcki? How do you dance thechicha? The rivers don’t really rise to floodlevel in five minutes. . . do they? Bats the

size of moths? Moths the size of bats? Does thejungle of “Jungle Book” exist away from thepainted screen? Where am I?

(well, only a little selfish). Today, we’ve decidedto break the silence and let you in on our secret.But shhh. . don’t tell anyone!()ne year in Sucta and the sunsets over the

hill facing my picture window still shockme almost as much as the nightly light

ning storms scratched above the canopied CutucLimountain range. But for me, the real adventureand mystery of the jungle has revçaled itself during my five months of work in the Shuar Centerslocated in the “Trans-Cutucü”—the beginning;ofthe Amazon Basin, just east of the Cutuci Range.

One road in from the north, one out to the south,and pot-holedniud in between. Once your kidneys have bounced to your larynx, the blood hasleft your legs and your inner ear is looking for anout, get off the bus. You’re about hail-way downthe highway in the grand city of Sucta; mainstreet laden with adoquin, wid.ç.cnough fora future six-lane highway; the benches ofCentral Park comfortably shaded by a variety of native floweringjungle trees plantedmany years ago andmeticulously maintained by Miguel, thefifty-six-year-oldMunicipio veteranemployee; and a shortten-minute walk out oftown is where you’llfind me, eating ricewith ketchup, listeningto Bags and Trane onthe soundbox, enjoying the toughest jobI’ve ever loved. This is home. Welcome.

I saw it in a horrorflick once: savageIndians wrapped inred, black and whiteskirts, adorned withfeathers and armedwith lances, blowguns and arrows,attacking helplesstravelers to cut offand shrink theirheads in a victoryparty. I saw this onmy first visits inMay: 150-meter-grass airstrips beside

J / aCenterwkhacouVI ‘ pie missionary-built

wood plank buildings; a soccer field; windowless, oval, split-bamboo houses with woven pajaroofs scattered about, and a beautiful race of people dressed in shorts, t-shirts and dresses. Yes, afew adorned with feather and beaded jewelry, andevery man with his shot-loaded musket and chonta palm spear I was welcomed like a king!

As I sampled their.chicha (a fermented maniocdrink, not a dance), learned to eat paki while

in this country so full of diversity, you shouldknow there’s more than bathing beauties, greatweather and ceviche in the coast, and patchworkmountain-scapes, rainbows of indigenous clothing and cuy asada inthe mountains. There’s ajungle out there! Dustin and I, the only two vol

unteers abandoned in this wilderness, feela little selfish enjoying it by ourselves

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outsider had visited them. Iwas at home, among the head-hunters of South America.

Theró’ar about 160 smallairsfrips in the Bash areafroiñNapo’to Zainöra

opening the door to theHuaorani, Achüaránd’ShuarIndians. A missionary told methey estirriate 60,000 habitantS.’Given the anioutt of arableland and the extremely difficultliving conditions; they arebecothng’drr&wdeddMoving from one Center to

Have you kied powder?Through’ a grove of trees? Withprickly vmns hanging at facelevel? Choosing my steps carefully, concentrating on everypossible oothcld in the cliff, Icould only wànderwhy I

agreed to this. Tthouid hav&•”balanced my sleeping bag better. Two seconds to rest, nd’there’s Bosco jumping downthe friggin!’liff! Ibetter laughat my predicament, or I’mgoing to cry. To hell with caution! Double diamond, here Icome! Leaping fromslick toslicker mud with memories ofthe back-side atKirkrood. I. make it tothe bot-’torn. Only fell. twie. Coveredin mUd, wet bag;. backpacktwisted, Bosco1obks at me,laughing hysterioally. I: smilereal big—”Made it!”

This part of the trail maneuversthrough vine and ‘orchidIãden:trees. Trees, some with: solidroots, like walls, reaching tenfeet in the air, ‘others with:thirtyfingers reaching-down to pullthe nutrients from the muddysoil. Everywhere a muSty,damp odor. Skateover a slickfallenlog to cross asmailstreaim Into a ‘swamp.

• Leather-leafed bushes andspindly; twisting trees call this

• home. We skip our way across,balancing on toeholds made oferupting roots, bunches ofgrasses and fallen orchids. I’mno gymnast, and leave the

• swampwith’abootfullof redmud and’stagnant water. WillBosco ever stop laughing? Ihope not, ‘because then I’d bethe only one laughing!

Afternearly:crawlingthrough atunnelof tangled. branches, follow-..

hg a red stream; we reach theCangaime River. “Want to getwet?” Bosco asks.’ Why heasked I’m not sure, since

picking the bUckShbtfrorn M ‘‘ anothór, I’ fixid it hard toteeth (also called sagtno, a beiieve. ,.• .• -

smail, hairy pig4kecreature),: . ;; ‘ ‘ ‘

and boiled manioc (yucca) with’. he hike from Kankaim tomy hands from-a-banana-tree Yanipuna is three hoursleaf, trying in vain to under •‘ “att1’eShuar pace. Mystand a few’ Shuar word; they •‘ first try toOk 4 1i2 hours,tentatively touched my blond • swollen feet, scratched limbs:

hair, blue eyes and white ‘bug. and a full’ day’of recovery.’bitten skin, explored my sleep-”’ Disappearing f±m the cOrner ‘

ing bag, laughing at its puipose of the airstrip intothebuslie’s,and watched my every ieãction the temperaftire xlropsfrOni

with humorous curiosity. The . ‘ sweltering hot to chilly. FromShuar can laugh.: The Shuar : squint-your.eyes:suiiny.tóguffaw. The Shuararefun peo-’ watch-yotr-step obscurity.pie, and they offered me every- From hard;:.dry ground to shin-Uthing theyhad; exalted thatan ‘ deep mud. Welome to the inn

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‘:•,: c_gle. MyShuarguide, BOsco,knows the trail ‘likei knowTelegraph Avenue.in Berkeleyand is ten paces ahead of mewhen I realize I better jog tokeep up. Two minutes of flat,muddy,weaving trail and wehit thó downslOpe.’

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