The Earth Education Project

EEP is a not-for-profit organization that teaches women in La Chureca to recycle products by hand and create artisan products. 100% of sales go to providing their wages and food. Nicaragua - London

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Lessons at the EEP workshop.follow us @EarthEducationP #learning#education #women #nicaragua #equality #health#lachureca#green#sustainability

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Final stage of the card making process

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Carlo, Silvia and Andrea at the EEP workshop in La Chureca

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Inside EEP

The voice of Ninoska Velazquez.

After continuously posting information on updates from EEP’s London activities. Today we thought we would give you some insight into the lives and feelings of the women in Nicaragua. When the EEP workshop first started out, all participant were illiterate, today 100% can read, write, and have acquired many other skills they never imagined possible to learn. Ninoska is just one of the many EEP participants benefiting from the numerous lessons provided and here is her letter of gratitude.

 7-11-12

I began in the workshop a year ago. I began decorating and later hand-making paper and reading with my teacher Lesbia.

Later, Ana taught me to paint, to make envelopes, bags, notepads, books. I am very happy in the workshop, I get on well with my colleagues.

I hope that the workshop can advance, for us to be better, and to have better conditions. I hope it continues encouraging me, and continues being understanding, especially when I have difficulties with my son. I hope to give everything i can in order to be a better person and to learn more.

Thank you for everything. To Andrea, for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the workshop, I appreciate this a lot. To Ana, for your understanding, your support, and your patience with me. And to Carlos, for the art classes I enjoy so much.

Ninoska.

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EEP Participants with their monthly food hamper!

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EEP's weekly drawing classes with Carlo.

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EEP Uniforms

While EEP desperately needs a new home, new equipment, materials and clothing are also needed. Through gaining bigger and better facilities, EEP hopes to include more women and reach further into the community. Thanks to LinksTshirts, Brighton UK, and Garment Printing, London UK, the women now have these great EEP uniforms! In the past, the women have wore their own clothes, but of course, due to the nature of paper making and decorating, their clothes have gotten quite dirty quite quickly and eventually have been ruined. As you can imagine, laundry facilities in La Chureca are scarce so these Tshirts really do help protect their clothes and save the women from the costs of unnecessary regular cleaning.

EEP Workshop in action

It may seem a small gift, but the donation of these Tshirts really do help greatly in empowering these women and improving their daily lives. By wearing the EEP tshirt, a real sense of belonging is felt within the workshop. The women feel a part of EEP and EEP can now have much more of a presence in the community.

Although we have been lucky enough to receive such generous donations, as EEP expands and more women are able to join in the workshop, we will be needing more uniforms! If you have any great ideas or suggestions to help the women please do let us know, and if you would like to donate any more clothing we would love to hear from you! For more information on why we need a new home and more uniforms send your questions to us @EarthEducationP on twitter. Or, to find out more about the generous local UK companies that are helping the lives of women in Nicaragua follow the links below.

http://www.garmentprinting.co.uk/

http://www.linkstshirts.com/