Liz took time to teach solar lighting to elementary school students in New Hampshire. She used examples from our recent travel to Dominican Republic.
Bedford youth visit Nicaragua to help the poor Brotherly love in abundance was extended by 13 local residents that visited Central America as a part of a 29-person group that recently undertook a goodwill tour to rural Nicaragua. Twelve were from Bedford. One was from Amherst. The tour, from Aug. 5-12, was presented by Color…
Bedford youth visit Nicaragua to help the poor Brotherly love in abundance was extended by 13 local residents that visited Central America as a part of a 29-person group that recently undertook a goodwill tour to rural Nicaragua. Twelve were from Bedford. One was from Amherst. The tour, from Aug. 5-12, was presented by Color…
Bedford family helps Nicaraguans with solar cooker project By KATHY REMILLARD Union Leader Correspondent BEDFORD – Global community service is not a new concept to the Hughes family – in fact, they established their own foundation, Color My World, to support it. “We started off as a means to distribute hygiene kits,” said Angela Hughes,…
Bedford family helps Nicaraguan villagers use solar cooking By IRENE LABOMBARDE Staff Writer Imagine living in a shack without electricity, appliances or running water, where food is cooked indoors over an open fire. Most of your time and energy is spent cutting and gathering enough wood to fuel the fires just to feed your family….
We introduced solar cooking to the village of Jiquillo, Nicaragua and donated 100 cookers to the community. Here are some photos of our workshop in the community. This is such a new idea to them and so very valuable! Solar cooking is the simplest, safest, most convenient way to cook food without consuming fuels…
We are in need of some crucial supplies from water pasteurizers $10.00 to portable solar cookers $25.00 to take to the village where we are headed! Nicaragua is the 2nd poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and many people we will be working with, are still living in “garbage dump” conditions after Hurricane Mitch devastated…
Bedford Boy Scout achieves top rank of Eagle Scout By SIMON RIOS Union Leader Correspondent BEDFORD — Not many Boy Scouts achieve the honor of being an Eagle Scout. When Chase Hughes traveled to San Ramon, Costa Rica, to deliver hygiene kits to a Mormon mission there, he was on his way to achieving that…
A quick write up that was in the Bedford Journal about our elementary solar cooking program!