For those interested in our growing volunteer scheme, we’ve received some feedback from recent volunteers here at La Mariposa. Check out the “Student and Volunteer Blog” page on the…

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Update from Claire – Mariposa intern This past month we have been busier than ever, with the new Choza (traditional word for cabin) booked full through the whole month…

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Update from Paulette  We have just started using the new choza (a Nahuatl word meaning thatched cabin) and it is rather amazing! We will get a photo up as…

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As most of you who have visited us before probably noticed, there is never a lack of new projects going on here at the Mariposa. The change of seasons…

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The Mariposa funds a variety of community projects throughout La Concha and the surrounding area. In the barrio of Santiago, a suburb just outside of La Concha proper, Paulette…

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Fond memories last a lifetime so we put them in that special place in our mind where we can access them to soothe the troubled soul from time to…

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who is the latest (and I swear the last) addition to the Mariposa doggie family. He has his mother Holly´s soulful look and it is just impossible to even…

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  Who knows whether the parrot pictured above is the one who says hello to everyone in a voice that sounds remarkably like Paulette´s!  Several of the parrots are…

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After the oxen plow turned the soil, Franklin along with three farmworkers prepared the seed beds from the bone-dry land; (date of  picture: February 4th). Given that there has…

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I think this maybe personally the most exciting blog I have so far written. The idea of being of able to produce at least some of what we consume ourselves…

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