Stoves, Fish, and Puppies

Getting ready for the trip back to my site from Sonsonate, where the stove factory is located. We had to make two trips to get all 75 stoves back, with another trip scheduled in a few weeks to pick up an oven and three larger versions of the stoves meant for three nearby schools.



A few shots from inside the stove factory. The stoves are very durable, need 70% less firewood than normal, and drastically cut down on smoke.




Took a group of nine farmers from my community to a training in Izalco to learn about raising fish. Right now the farmers are working on constructing their fish tanks and in about a month our first shipment of baby fish will be arriving. Each farmer with be raising about 80 tilapia.



These tanks are much larger than the ones we'll be using...they fit over a thousand fish each...but it is the same general idea.


Perhaps my favorite part of the training--lunch. I don't think any of us had ever eaten so much fish!


My original host family, where I still eat at least one or two meals every day, just had some puppies born. They're are not yet even a week old. I figured if nothing else, at least these pictures would make the blog a little cuter...