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DESCRIPTION:Sacramento-base El Porvenir brings potable water to poor communities in 
 Nicaragua at a minimum cost by utilizing the talent of volunteers and local 
 communities, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing for a budget busting 
 peripheral canal to provide California Delta water to subsidized corporate 
 agribusiness while the drinking water supplies of farmworkers in many rural 
 communities of the San Joaquin Valley are contaminated with pesticides, 
 herbicides and other pollutants. The contrast between the sustainable water 
 programs of El Porvenir and the unsustainable export of Delta water for 
 Schwarzenegger's water marketing schemes couldn't be starker.\n\nNews 
 Advisory: For Immediate Release, October 28, 2009 \n\nContact: Central 
 America Action Committee, 916-457-5018, caac2 [at] copper.net \n\n\nMeet 
 and Hear Oneida Hernandez, El Porvenir Water Project Developer in Nicaragua 
 \n\nOneida Hernandez, El Porvenir project developer, will speak on 
 innovative, sustainable water projects in Nicaragua on Sunday, Nov. 1, 
 2009, at 6:00 pm at the Southside Park Co-Housing Common House, 434 T St., 
 in Sacramento \n\nThe fundraising tamale dinner, hosted by the Central 
 America Action Committee, will feature a raffle for Nicaraguan hammock and 
 other prizes, a live auction and a no host bar (donation). \n\nMs. 
 Hernandez will talk about her work with El Porvenir ("The Future" in 
 Spanish), a non-profit organization founded in Sacramento, now in its 19th 
 year of supporting rural village self-help water, sanitation, and 
 reforestation projects in Nicaragua. \n\nEl Porvenir helps communities 
 develop village wells, spring capture systems, community washing 
 facilities, and latrines. El Porvenir also works with rural villages to 
 create tree nurseries for local reforesting and with families to help them 
 build fuel-efficient stoves that improve women's lives by eliminating smoke 
 in the kitchen. \n\n"Oneida is a motorcycle-riding grandmother who comes to 
 us straight from the field, full of experience, energy, and great stories," 
 said Carole Harper, co-founder of El Porvenir. \n\nThe tamale dinner 
 includes rice, beans, salad, and dessert for a donation of $15 ($5 
 low-income). The suggested ticket price for the raffle is $1, or 10 for 
 $12. \n\nTo reserve, please call (916-457-5018), e-mail (caac2 [at] 
 copper.net), or write (CAAC, P.O. Box 162998, Sacramento 95816) and tell 
 them what kind of tamales you want (pork, chicken, or vegetarian). 
 \n\nIronically, El Porvenir is bringing potable water to poor communities 
 in Nicaragua at a minimum cost by utilizing the talent of volunteers and 
 local communities while Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing for a 
 budget busting peripheral canal to provide California Delta water to 
 subsidized corporate agribusiness while the drinking water supplies of 
 farmworkers in many rural communities of the San Joaquin Valley are 
 contaminated with pesticides, herbicides and other pollutants.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/29/18627149.php
SUMMARY:Meet Oneida Hernandez, El Porvenir Water Project Developer
LOCATION:Southside Park Co-Housing Common House, 434 T St., in Sacramento \n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/29/18627149.php
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