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Water for Everyone!

The second phase of our water installation project is just winding up with the last pump being installed this week. This will bring us to a total of 55 community water pumps installed by us in the Hinako Islands, securing a clean and continuous water supply for up to 3,000 people! Thanks to SurfAid who sponsored the first 22; Richard Cansale, Alan McKenzie and the folk at Eldon Avenue Methodist for donating 42 Canzee pumps for the second phase and to Unicef Nias for funding the installation of the last 30 pumps.

HWP Video posted on YouTube.com

Coconut Kid's Club on Asu

We have recently started our second coconut kid�s club on the island of asu. 20 children between the ages of 3 and 12 attend three days per week. There is no other school on Asu so for these children this is their only form of education. School starts at 10am, but the children start coming from 7 am they are so excited!

Holidays with Purpose - Video

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We are excited that we are already into our third year of the LEAP. 2006 was a busy year, we saw the Fanikha Hinako virgin coconut oil factory opened, the Coconut Kids Club moved into a new building and expanded to include a playgroup, 22 community water pumps installed, three temporary jetties completed and a permanent cement one well on the way, plus another 10 or so fibre-glass canoes built, bringing our total number up to 20! We also continued with our organic gardening, school support and community support programmes.

2007 looks to be even more exciting as we expand in all of those projects, plus add a few more.

Richard Wallace is looking after Holidays with Purpose in Australia and is putting together some exciting trips this year. Sococo Virgin Coconut Oil produced on Hinako, is also about to hit the stores in Australia so look out for it! Contact us for more info on these products and how you can become involved with LEAP!

GREEN REVOLUTION

In unexpected parts of the island tiny vegetables patches are to be seen. Holes in the coral, newly exposed since the earthquake are being filled with compost and used as garden plots, old plastic wash tubs and a whole variety of containers are being turned into planters as the villagers of Hinako discover the joys of composting. We held a composting demonstration a couple of months back and initially did not have much of a response, but as our cucumbers grow bigger�so do the number of people starting to catch on to the new compost craze!

THE GOOD OIL!

We are excited to announce that the virgin coconut oil factory at the LEAP Appropriate Technology Training Centre is now in operation! After a year and a half of study, testing, designing, and hard work the idea has finally come to fruition. The kids club is going strong and they are enjoying their new centre, funded and built by a group of �Holidays with Purpose� guests from Australia. Water is flowing freely from the 22 communal water pumps sponsored by SurfAid and was in fact the only water available on the islands for much of the dry season.

Jogjakarta Earthquake

Our hearts go out to the victims of the Jogjakarta earthquake in Java. LEAP have responded by purchasing and distributing emergency aid under the direction of Habitat to Humanity. Channa and Charlie have been visiting remote village areas where 6 days after the quake and still no aid has been received. Please help us to continue to help through your donations. See the donations page for more details.

Farewell Richard and Jo

The Leap team and Indo Jiwa crew bid farewell to Richard and Johanna Wallace who have spent the better part of the past nine months volunteering with us. We are all so grateful to them for sharing their time, knowledge, enthusiasm and love with us. They have played an integral part in establishing LEAP in the Hinako Islands. Johanna has been training Tina a local woman to teach drama, songs and games to the children of Coconut Kids Club. Richard has been overseeing the work at the LEAP centre on Hinako as well as writing and encouraging the team. We look forward to welcoming them back in the future.

The coconut oil factory is steadily progressing; more blue and green canoes are to be seen bobbing in the bay and the children in the kids club can now sing up a storm in English. The water pumps and jetties are almost complete in all villages.

Hard work in the hot sun

As the dry season approaches the need for water is becoming urgent. The Leap team are working long days boring through metres of solid coral to install communal water pumps. The coconut oil factory is almost complete, looking shiny and new with it�s tin walls due to the wood shortage. Coconut kids club is thriving with Johanna Wallace and Natalie Correll teaching English through Drama, songs and games in the huge blue tent recently donated by UNICEF.
An ever increasing number of colourful canoes line the shore as more fishermen benefit from the fiberglass canoe building project.

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