It's becoming a way of life

This morning we had coffee-which always starts out my morning better. We walked over to the new land to come up with a plan for the volunteers to work on the land this week. European disaster Volunteers are truly a great partnership for RG. It was very exciting to see how much new space RG will have to work with.

Julie found a tomato plant on the new land,1st plant for RG garden

New Land

New place for RG shop

RG Container donated by Worldwide Modular Construction, RG new office area

Rest of the land that will be developed

Next we had a meeting with RG partner Sogucedes and we made head way in creating a better partnership for both groups. We found a solution so that they have a profit from the straps they sell to RG, so that they can pay the 8 teachers to teach the children in their schools and a solution to buy the materials for the straps for less at a different source.

Sogucedes Partners

We also had a meeting about quality control and increase in production goal with RG artisans that make the sandals. It costs much more than the typical myth of $2 a day to survive.  It was difficult to explain to them that we want them to make more sandals a week, in  order to help decrease the cost of the of labor and in turn decrease the cost of the shoes. But even in the US economy most  people in their jobs are now being required to do more with less time and resources, it’s becoming a way of life.

REBUILD Globally Artisans