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Enjoying the Day
Enjoying the day
Explaining the Vision
We are explaining how we got started and our motivation
Extending Masikandoro
Extending Masikandoro
Food Time
Food time
Hardworkers Need Support
Hardworkers need support
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating
When the Trees Disappeared
In 2009 the trees in Domboshava had disappeared fast
My Muzukuru
In my culture muzukuru comes to intervine and help. Midiah was my muzukuru and best friend, sadly she passed away in 2014 (she is the one on the left).
Inspections
An inspection from Mr. Murape Headman again - 1st Visits
Ishmael Farming
Ishmael farming on his plot
The History Keepers
Ishmael writing what Zvarimwa was telling him about our history
Landslide - Las Marías
Over 25,000 landslides were catalogued throughout the island of Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane María. High concentrations of these landslides occurred in mountain towns like Las Marías.
Dinner at Plenitud
Students, volunteers, residents and visitors eat a communal dinner in the learning center at Plenitud PR.
Serving Dinner
Owen Ingley of Plenitud and Nicole Wines of Raíces Cultural Center serving dinner to VISIONS students on a service learning retreat.
Dinner is Ready at Plenitud PR
Owen Ingley, co-founder and director of Plenitud, getting ready to serve dinner to visiting students on a service learning trip from St. Tomas University in Minnesota.
Talking to VISIONS Students at Plenitud
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez talking to students on a service learning retreat at Plenitud PR in Las Marías.
Talking to Students on Retreat at Plenitud
Almost immediately after we arrived at Plenitud PR, Owen asked us to speak to students who were visiting on a service learning retreat from St. Tomas University in Minnesota.
Owen Ingley and Francisco G. Gómez at Plenitud PR
Owen Ingley of Plenitud PR and Francisco G. Gómez of Raíces Cultural Center talking about the work, experiences, and needs of Plenitud post-Hurricane María.
Owen in his Superadobe Prototype
When Raíces first visited Plenitud PR in 2013, their first earth bag and superadobe house was under construction on their land. Arriving in the driving tropical rain, Owen still invited us to step into the earth bag house for our first time to see…
Greenhouse at Plenitud PR - Under Construction
The Juntos Together Coalition, led by Puerto Rican Action Board Director José Montes, and made up of a compendium of groups from Central New Jersey, working together to provide disaster relief support, provided a grant to Plenitud PR for the…
Three Months After María
In January 2018, it was evident that the natural landscape was beginning its path towards regeneration, while human communities still struggled to provide basic services like a functioning electric grid and running, clean water. Driving over electric…
Jehovah Witness Disaster Relief Truck
Jehovah Witness disaster relief truck in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
Stream - Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
A stream running through the mountains and into the town of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
Roadside Stream - Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Many roadside streams like this one rose rapidly during Hurricane María and throughout the weeks of heavy rains that occurred in the mountains through the rest of the season. Scenes like this illustrate the regeneration of the natural landscape, as…
Electric Wires
Electric wires laying across the road in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, January 2018.