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Echoes of Silence Brigades

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      ECHOES OF SILENCE

 

                                                One Planet. One People

 

                                                 Peace. Justice. Beauty.

                                                                    http://echoesofsilence-ecosdelsilencio.pbwiki.com

 

                                                               http.//waternotwar.pbwiki.com

 

 

 

Join Sandino's Family to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution 

Work on Projects to develop Food Sustainability and Eradicate Malaria with

ECHOES of SILENCE ECO-CULTURAL BRIGADE to NICARAGUA

JULY 14 - 29, 2009

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Fight global warming and disease working on grassroots organic food and eco-drainage projects; sing with legendary Nicaraguan musicians under the stars; share radio shows with children living on Managua’s city dump; learn to dance the Zapateado; mock imperialism with la Gigantona (Giant Lady).   Live in a family community, sharing its daily life and working locally.  Travel to Sandino's legendary North Country: learn about the model eco-community he founded; meet fair trade coops; join peasant farmers in pioneering water conservation and agro-forestry projects. Spanish helpful, but not necessary.

 

 

 

SPECIAL EXTRA: JULY 19th

 

CELEBRATE the 30th ANNIVERSARY of the SANDINISTA REVOLUTION.

 

 

MEET with SANDINO'S GRANDSON and his FOUNDATION SANDINO

 

 

 

   

The brigade is led by Paul Baker Hernández, singer and author, former Nicanet (US) and NSC (UK) representative and delegation coordinator, now Echoes’ founder. Playing his legendary guitar, crafted from recycled garbage, Paul seeks to celebrate similarly creative responses to the current eco/economic crisis so abundant in Nicaragua and elsewhere. Before Nicaragua, he worked in Chile with Joan Jara, widow of the great Víctor Jara, and lived in LA with Salvadorans fighting off death squads even in the US. Within Nicaragua he’s sung with the Urrutia Family, Carlos Mejia Godoy and Duo Guardabarranco. He has two books published and his original songs include: ‘I Thought I Heard Sweet Víctor, Singing .. ‘, ‘Ode to Starbucks’, and ‘That S*****g Cellphone!’

 

    All income supports Echoes of Silence projects and the work of both Paul and his wife, Fátima Hernández. Having fought the Somoza dictatorship as a teenager, Fatima then volunteered with the magnificent Literacy Crusade of the 1980s, and has worked untiringly on grassroots health and education projects ever since. Thanks to the global financial crisis, sired by the North, even the occasional minimal stipend she once received has vanished. 

 

 

Cost per person 14 days @ US$68 per day

Places limited, please book early.

Those who can't make the full 14 days are also welcome.

 

 

(This covers board, lodging, transport, 24/7 support, speakers' fees, translation, analysis, cultural events. Airfare is separate. Bring a little extra for that second beer, gifts, other necessities and discretionary events.  Nicaragua is very safe and Echoes of Silence supports members at all times. However, modest insurance for personal emergencies may be worthwhile.)

 

Draft itinerary & bookings:  echoespaul@tortillaconsal.com    Or call Jim Burchell (USA/Canada) 973 765 9102; Chris Jennings 01225 866181 (UK); Paul Baker Hernandez 249 0979 (Nicaragua). General information: http://echoesofsilence-ecosdelsilencio.pbwiki.com

 

 

 

 

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