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 [...]
Netzahualcoyotl Multilingual Primary School and Kokoyotzin Kindergarten for Indigenous Children
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 [...]
EMEC music school clears donated land, hopes for new building
by Catherine Krantz
Aikeke Rose, director of the EMEC music school, local musician, and music professor at the Tecnologica de la Costa Grande (Zihuatanejo’s technical college), has released a new CD of Instrumental ballads called, Jahsvibes Series #1, and like all of his endeavors it is focused on promoting his passion, the EMEC. The [...]
Sailfest 2009 Wrap-up & por los niños news
By Lorenzo Marbut
With the world economy in tatters, Sailfest raised a remarkable 654,320 pesos for its Mexican non-profit, Por Los Niños de Zihuatanejo, A.C. Por Los Niños will continue to work in partnership with the City of Zihuatanejo and Rotary International to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged children in Zihua and surrounding communities.
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Eco Technology
Vehizero Hybrid Vehicles
By Juliet Lambert
From a small manufacturing plant in Mexico City, Sean O’Hea is changing the climate one truck at a time. Vehizero is Mexico’s first hybrid automobile company, and it is poised to revolutionize the way Mexico looks at emerging environmental technologies. The name comes from ‘zero-emission vehicles,’ which combine a primary electrical [...]
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Fundación Rene Ferguson A.C
This Foundation was set up in memory of Rene Ferguson and its objective is to support able young women, who are suffering financial hardship, through a degree course by assisting them with the expenses of college tuition and books. Donations to the foundation are tax deductible in the United [...]
