March 2009

letter from the editor

Welcome to Another Day in Paradise
It’s March 2009 and we have reached another milestone: Our 60th edition and the end of our 10th season publishing in paradise. Looking back at issue number 1, October 1999, eight black and white pages of bond paper—we are tempted to notice only the differences. Issue 60 is almost 60 [...]

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EDITOR – PUBLISHER
Catherine Krantz
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March 2009 COLUMNISTS – CONTRIBUTORS
Sierra May Bishop
John Glaab
Michel Janicot
Ed Kunze
Epitacio
Lorenzo Marbut
Lisa Martin
Linda Neil
Hans Nystrom
Matthieu Pichenot
Ian Sheppard
Lisa Sheppard
Nancy Seeley

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March 2009 Alternative Covers

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March 2009 table of contents

Netzahualcoyotl Multilingual Primary School and Kokoyotzin Kindergarten for Indigenous Children

What big ideas and hard work can do when a community comes together.
14 years ago Marina Sanchez Hernandez started offering classes to indigenous children under a tree in their impoverished hillside community in Zihuatanejo, because they were too poor to even attend public school. Now The Netzahualcoyotl Multilingual Primary School and [...]

Netza News

By Lisa Martin Photos by Abby Ross
There’s been lots of wonderful new developments in the Zihua community with the long-term work of The Netza Project surrounding education for the region’s migrant, street, indigenous and other children, the empowerment of women through literacy and new employment options, and sustainable community development. The parents and teachers [...]