Ana, Paulho, and Ruthye teaming up to paint.
Camila, from UFU (Universidade Federal de Uberlandia), is tending to Ipe's vegetable gardens. She received an UFU scholarship to work at Ipe twice a week for the entire year. While she does this, she receives a stipend from UFU.
The tire project is now complete!
Here is some more of Paulho's handiwork which showcases his creative design. This light was made to look like a banana leaf and it has LED lights around the outside border. It runs on solar power.
At the end of the day, I walked to a local church that has a beautiful courtyard. The little monkey in the tree is a Brazilian marmoset. The yellow flower is the bloom of the ipe tree. This is where Instituto Ipe Cultural gets its name. The ipe has 3 flower colors (but not on the same tree): yellow, purple, and white. It is a native tree of the cerrado.
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Joel (My Mentor & Friend),
ReplyDeleteIn your writings I can tell how much you have embraced the Brazilian culture, food, music, and the overall geography. It brings back old memories!
Brazil is a perfect country for you to do this type of IBM Corporate Service Corp (CSC) activities. I know how much you like to preserve our environment, and Brazil it’s a great place to observe, develop new ideas, techniques, leadership and most importantly visualize a better world.
Brazilian's, in general, are very much accustom to improvise and to do their best with what they have. Life is very simple outside the US.
This weekend, I pictured you drinking a cup of Brazilian coffee and observing life in general, the birds, trees, and mentoring those who are with you. Keep up the great JOB, and remember that your vision will do more than inspire and drive your actions. If your vision is powerful enough it will draw others in. If the umbrella of your vision is wide enough, other people will want to be a part of what it is that you are seeking.
Penny (UTBT) sends greetings, and the good old boys (TFGR) continue running every weekend (everybody on the trail is asking for el “gringo” Joel
I love the pictures...Enjoy !