water has not been trucked for almost a year. people are getting there water on horse or foot or bike at a spring where it is free and clean. arsenic filter test will begin with 25 families in the next couple weeks to see how it will work.. pipe is installed for phase three but we need to begin a fundraising campaign to reach our goals reports from andrew forthcoming. mc Michael Cipoletti FriendsNE ikecip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 857-205-0236 Boston 505-89245142 Claro 505-83910685 Movistar ikecip Skype www.friendsne.org On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:24 PM, billcpf@xxxxxxx wrote: > I'm not able to make Friends meeting this Thursday as I'm in Washington DC > for a 10 day fast and series of vigils to close Guantanamo and end indefinite > detention but had a few questions/concerns to discuss. > > It seems the water is supposed to start flowing in Nuevo & La Union any > moment now which is good news after so long a wait and so much planning. > (Awaiting Mike's photos) But what will happen with drinking water? Will > water continue to be trucked in in smaller quantities and who will pay? Is > money lined up? Or are arsenic filters soon to arrive? And is there any > progress on long term pipeline from up on the mountain and the funding for > that? > > Bill O. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter White <pedro831@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fsf60k <fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tue, Jan 3, 2012 6:07 pm > Subject: [fsf60k] Meeting this Thurs. eve., Jan. 5, 2012 > > ***This is a message from a member of Friends of Students for 60,000*** > > Hola, > > Happy New Year. We hope all of you had a good holiday with family, friends, > got a good rest, etc. Now it's back to our work hopefully for many of you. > We will be having our regular monthly meeting this Thursday evening, Jan. 5, > 7:30 p.m. in room H 109 at Northport HS. In addition to our regular topics, > like finances, web site, Nicaragua (Mike is in Nica now, and said water > is/may be flowing in Nuevo Amanecer by now...waiting for word), following up > on our recent activities, etc., we will be planning our agenda for the > upcoming year, discussing a possible Nica trip this late winter/early > spring, providing an update (not too successful...yet) on our holiday > postcard fund raiser, and whatever topics you forward to us pronto. If you > want something discussed, please let us know. > > Folks, it's a New Year, or a New Dawn, or a Nuevo Amanecer. Please come and > help us improve our organization and our activities. > > Be well. See you there Thurs. night. > > Pete and Kate > > > > > *** > You can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to > fsf60k-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > An archive of messages is available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/fsf60k. > FAQ'are available at //www.freelists.org/help/faq.html***