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Tag Archives: Planting Hope

La Chispa Comics

Our students at La Chispa library (Matagalpa) try their hands at autobio comics:

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Reading Time at Ocalca

Posted byMarek27/01/201426/01/2014Posted incoffee camps, NicaraguaTags: camps, coffee, Nicaragua, ocalca, Planting Hope, readingLeave a comment on Reading Time at Ocalca

La Hermandad: Mirando el Futuro / Looking at the Future

Here’s another project we’ve been working on at La Hermandad Coffee Camp …

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Camp Kitchen

Here’s our camp kitchen… the morning tortillas are fresh off the pan:

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Artistas Pinoleras

I caught these two sisters drawing before camp one morning this week …

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Coffee Harvest Sketch (Guest Post)

Brigade member Kjol Johnson contributes this sketch …

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Drawing & More at Ocalca

Drawing comics, in between nutritious snacks, a motivational (& preventative) visit from a country dentist, and more…

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Ocalca Coffee Camp Visit

Fotos from a recent Coffee Camp at Ocalca village:

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“La Hermandad” Cafecultores

Instead of hauling out a camera to document the coffee harvest, I’ve been ducking out of the rain long enough to sketch …

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“Un Millón de Amigos” (Comics Version)

This music+comics project provided an exciting way for kids & adults to get to know each other despite their different languages and cultures.

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Faces of La Hermandad

Some of our collaborators & friends from the Planting Hope brigade’s visit to coffee camp:

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Sketches of La Hermandad

Index card art from coffee camp…

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