Rainbow of Sharing

Fall 2007
MoH presents at the PASR Annual Convention and sells new IntiDesign
EsCapes line.
MoH receives 100 bi-lingual dictionaries from W. PA Rotary District
as a contribution to Intiligencia Program.
United Friends School, Quakertown, students donate bi-lingual books and
webcams to correspond via internet with their Colegio Artesanal fellow students.
Students and Spanish language teachers are translating children's
picture books for the library in Pimampiro.

Rainbow of Sharing

between Pennsylvania and
Pimampiro Communities

Spring 2006
Cross-cultural exchange is arranged between two Lehigh Valley
elementary schools and the El Alisal School in Pimampiro. 83
participating students exchange letters & photos. The 43 gifted PA
students make puppets and produce a video featuring puppet theatre in
Spanish which is shown in Pimampiro schools. They fill shoe boxes with
school supplies and send them along with the puppets as gifts.
The El Alisal students draw pictures that are digitally transformed into a
calendar. Sales in Lehigh Valley raise $3200 which is applied to
renovate the Andean school; new windows, paint, bathrooms, kitchen
area, computer�
Puppet Theatre is formed in Pimampiro, classes given to staff of
pre-school program FODI and a play written about ecology. The puppets
teach the local children to pick up trash and keep their environment clean.
MoH presents to the Emmaus Rotary Club and is encouraged to
submit a funding proposal.

Summer 2006
MoH presents at Kutztown U. Dr. Vafeas, Dir. Social Dept. visits
Pimampiro to access the possibility for Kutztown students to come and do
social work. He meets 16 organizations and is delighted with the potential.
MoH receives a generous $4000 grant from Ardath Rodale and Rodale
Inc. for the EcoAndes project.
MoH sponsors two workshops for Pimampiro farmers featuring Ing. Manuel
Suquilanda, Ecuador's authority on organic agriculture.
Donated Johnny's Seeds & Seeds of Change seeds plant rural
community and school gardens.
Lehigh Valley Elementary teachers donate additional funds and school
supplies for Pimampiro schools. IntiDesigns, a fair-trade textile business is
created and clothing samples made by Andean women.
MoH supports Luis Angamarca weaving the traditional back-strap loom
and provides materials for young artisans to apprentice.

Fall 2006
MoH launches IntiDesigns with fashion shows in Pimampiro and
Brookside Country Club, Macungie, PA involving LHV community
members modeling and assisting. Two area boutiques carry the IntiDesign
clothing line.
MoH sponsors four girls from rural communities to attend Colegio
Artesanal. Sue buys 27 pairs of school shoes.
MoH donates eyeglasses and first aid kits to Pimampiro health organizations.
Initial renovations at the EcoAndes Retreat Center begin and organic
methods applied to the gardens.

Winter 2006-'07
In partnership with FODI, MoH sponsors Pimampiro's first
Children's Festival. 24 Lehigh Valley children form "IntiSingers"
and learn four songs in Spanish which are video-taped and presented at
the Children's Festival. Two of these songs are learned by FODI children
who sing simultaneously at the event.
MoH begins sponsorship of the indigenous dance group Dansa del
Aqua and buys them traditional costumes.

Spring 2007
MoH presents at the District 7430 2007 Rotary Convention -
Intiligencia Program proposal submitted.
MoH sponsors first IntiJourney with eight senior girls from Hartsbrook
School, MA participating in an 8-day cultural "immersion" experience,
doing social work, visiting communities, sharing songs and heart with all.
MoH sponsors Quito Vice-Mayor Margarita Carranco to speak
about Women's Rights in Pimampiro.
A "dream come true"- we charter a bus and bring 32 Andean children
to the ocean beach for their first time.

Summer 2007
A "Friends of MoH" picnic is held in Emmaus featuring the debut of
the HartsBrook IntiJourney film.
Two LHV supporters, Minty Ray & Becky Eschelman, visit Pimampiro for
two weeks of research and active input.
Rotary Intiligencia Program approved, meetings held with the host Rotary
Club of Ibarra, Ecuador
Regional President of PASR, Ruth Roeder, donates large quantity
of early childhood materials and books to Intiligencia Program
MoH partners with Colegio Artesanal to house upcoming children's
library, creative arts room & computer lab.
MoH launches New Hope Sponsor Program providing tuition and school
supplies securing education for 93 Colegio Artesanal students.

Winter 2007-'08

Lehigh Valley philanthropist Linny Fowler hosts a special Christmas
fundraiser for MoH at her home featuring a new video about recent projects in
Ecuador.
Friends of MoH bi-annual meeting at Unity Church, Emmaus
New Mountains of Hope website created. www.mtnsofhope.org
Lehigh Valley friends translate and cover library books
Friends of MoH donate funds for New Hope Sponsorship Program to
enable poor students to attend Colegio Artesanal.
800 bilingual books and educational games from Lehigh Valley are
transported to Ecuador for Intiligencia Program.
Sue Brown and Paul Murtha oversee completion of library construction
in Colegio Artesanal - books categorized and inventoried
Creative Arts classroom set-up and used for first art classes for Colegio
Artesanal students
Computers updated and lab put online under Rotary Intiligencia grant, first
computer classes given

Spring 2008

MoH becomes a fully legal foundation in Ecuador under the name
Fundacion de Ayuda Social Montanas de Esperanza
MoH proposes and manages $26,000 food relief grant from US based
Prem Rawat Foundation for massive flooding on Ecuadorian coast
MoH delivers educational materials donated by the Ibarra Rotary Club to
flood area schools.
Architectual model and design for InTeen Climbing Wall in Pimampiro drawn up.
MoH staff receives honorary certificate and donation at induction ceremony
presented by Easton Area High School Spanish/Portugese Honor
Society
MoH presents video presentation to W. PA Tioga County Chapter of
PASR and receives donation

Summer 2008

Two Lehigh Valley teachers join MoH on IntiJourney to Pimampiro to
assist in Summer Puppet Arts Camp and social works projects.
MoH staff Sue Brown and Paul Murtha do live radio interview on
Bethlehem NPR station WDIY
Emmaus Rotary Club receives MoH presentation on TRF funded
Intiligencia Program and generously donates $1000 to MoH operating
costs
First Creative Arts Summer Camp opens for two weeks in Pimampiro
with focus on puppetry. Thirty four children participate.
MoH Puppet Troupe is invited to present original puppet stories for
seven mountain communities during a seven day marathon. Custom stage,
props and mobile audio are used.
Montanas de Esperanza (MdE) is invited to be a partner with
AroImba, a comprehensive agricultural program to enable 75 Pimampiro
farm families to grow 90 acres of organic aromatic plants.
MdE is approved to channel a $10,000 grant from US foundation "A
Leg to Stand On" for Dr. Robert Frank, prothetics specialist, to
provide vital artficial limbs for fifteen patients.
MoH receives $4500 grant from the Prem Rawat Foundation to
translate "Words of Peace" literature into the primary Andean indigenous
language, Quichua.
MoH and Colegio Artesanal partner in a plan to develop the school into a
model educational facility.

Successful completion of the 2008 Rotary sponsored Intiligencia
Program includes delivery of hundreds of didactic toys made in the
CreAction Workshop to elementary schools
Sue Brown exhibits at PASR Convention in Gettysburg, United
Friends School Fall Festival in Quakertownn and presents new MoH video
to Saucon Valley Rotary Club.
Former Superintendent of East Penn School District, Alrita
Morgan, visits MoH Programs in Pimampiro, speaks to Colegio Artesanal
students.
MoH receives grant approval from the Linny Fowler Foundation for
general support.
Emmaus Rotary Club members Cindy Hornaman and past
President Roger Whitcomb apply for a special TRF Travel Grant to
come to Pimampiro March 2009 for two weeks of professional assistance
to educational and social projects.
Presentation for forming Emmaus High School MoH Club and
for the Harleysville Rotary Club
MoH Fundraiser - In collaboration with students of Emmaus HS,
MoH presents an evening of exciting music on December 28 -
"Songs of Change, Vision, Peace" with LeHigh Valley folk artists.

Fall 2008

Winter-Spring 2009

MoH sponsored Prosthesis Project: Arranged safe passage through
customs of $60,000 in prostesis components for ALTSO and Robert Frank
to work at the Ibarra Rotary Clinic serving 48 clients in two weeks.
Visit to Pimampiro communities by Robert Frank and Rotary members who
became sponsors of children through New Hope Sponsorship
Robert Keller and Brandon Neal, two NYU graduates, arrive to
assist in projects for a week, and stay for a month. They give English
classes at Centro Artesanal, renovate a family's home, build furniture, play
soccer and eat well.
IntiJourney with NAWA Academy of N. California. Fourteen HS
students participate in social service projects for five days, including an
overnight with Andean families.
MoH Director of Education Sue Brown continues creative arts classes
with the students of Centro Artesanal
Paul Murtha serves as project consultant for AROIMBA, a comprehensive
regional program to grow aromatic plants organically with small farmers.
Emmaus High School MoH Club is formed and raises funds for social
service projects.
Kichwa Project to translate videos of Words of Peace records audio
tracks in studio with professional Kichwa speakers.
In rural community of Chuga, the CreAccion Workshop, a carpentry
classroom and production studio for educational games, is established with
area youth.
Easter in Colimburo - Paul spends Easter holiday with families in this
mountain community and films a documentary on Andean life.
Sue Brown presents to 600 Erie PA Rotary Conference attendees and
has a promotional booth.
MoH has a booth at the Somerset Art in the Garden Craft Festival

Summer 2009

2009 Art Camp IntiJourney formed with Sue's prior students from
Emmaus - a two week August session featuring a one week creative arts
camp and visits to seven Andean communities for social service projects.
Three special MoH guests arrive to Pimampiro: 1 - Ex Rotary District
Govenor Roger Whitcomb visits Pimampiro for a week and announces
new $23,500 Grant from Rotary International for MoH 2010
Programs, Roger gives financial support to his two New Hope Sponsor girls.
2 - teacher trainer and EcoClassroom Tour advisor Eddie Rodriquez visits
for three weeks, Eddie gives teacher training sessions and partners with
MoH for expansion of IntiJourneys 3 - adolescent counselor Kelly Griffin
assists MoH youth and families for two months.
Immersion Style Hands-on Art classes introduced at Centro Artesanal
with students speaking only English, which causes such excitement that the
Pimampiro mayor's wife and teachers from other schools visit to learn.
Sue gives creative workshops to Colegio Nacional English teachers.
MoH donates $500 for printing costs for 100 teachers booklets on topics of
Children's Rights and Sexual Education.
Paul presents Words of Peace video to seminar of Indigenous leaders who
unanimously accept the videos as part of an initiative to reclaim values for
youth. Words of Peace videos presented weekly in Kichwa communities, at
the Ibarra Prison for 80 innates and on the TV station of Universidad
Techica Norte.
MoH partners with Fundacion Amor a la Vida in Carabuela indigenous
community to support their children's development program.

Amy Johnston of EcoLiving in Saranac lake, NY sets up fair trade
enterprise with Amor a la Vida mothers to market knitted articles
New Hope Sponsor girl Dalila finally receives a new roof on her home
through a donation from Rotarian Roger Whitcomb and assistance from local
Ex Peace Corp Volunteer, Roger Smith.
"Family on Bikes" Vogels from Idaho arrive on their 2 1/2 year trek down
the Pan Ameerican Hwy from Alaska to Chile. Nancy writes articles in
support of MoH for a travel magazine and presents a travelog slide show at
Centro Artesanal.
Prosthesis Project founders Robert and Kit Frank return to Imbabura
for two weeks of renewing peoples lives with new limbs. They include a day
touring lovely rural Pimampiro.
Paul and Sue return to US and present to Emmaus Kiwanis, Emmaus
Rotary Club and for the Emmaus HS Mountains of Hope Club where
ten students sign up for a Summer 2010 IntiJourney.
Seventh Generation Charter School, Emmaus, Director Phil Arnold
invites MoH to form a partnership to promote global educational exchange.

Fall 2009

Amy Johnston of EcoLiving in Saranac lake, NY sets up fair trade
enterprise with Amor a la Vida mothers to market knitted articles.
New Hope Sponsor

Prosthesis Project founders Robert and Kit Frank return to

Perks on Main sponsors the MoH craft booth at the Emmaus Farmers
Market for three weekends and Sue holds a special Holiday Craft Fair at
her home.
Paul returns to Ecuador December 13th to nurture existing projects and to
develop 2010 programs.