| The Mayos are the largest indigenous group in southern Sonora, centered in the comunidad indigena, between Masiaca and Las Bocas. Teachibe is perhaps the oldest village in the region. We have been involved with their handspun and natural dyed weaving for the last seven years. Sirebampo is a small community near the eco-reserve of the Coteco project, where we have helped in an effort to store and commercialize the delicious red pitaya(organ pipe) cactus fruit. |
| Village Solar and Conservation Workshops |
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| Lucas Basaseaqui, of Sirebampo, Sonora, building a solar dryer |
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| For over thirteen years Turtle Island Peace Camp has been working with villages and institutions such as Save the Children, Farmer to Farmer and the University of Arizona's Coteco Project to further community development and rural productivity, utilizing local harvest and conservation. In the last five years our work has been concentrated in the Mayo villages of Teachibe and Sirebampo |
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| Mari Eudelia Soto, slicing mangos to load in the driers. |
| We have always worked with children in our projects, giving language lessons and using arts, crafts and puppets to explore themes of community life and local ecology with them. |
| English class given by Maggie and her grandson Darby in Melchor Ocampo, Sonora |
| La Diosa de Maiz, Nacho Borracho and friends, and puppeteers from Erongaricuaro, Michoacan |
| For more information, please contact: Kenny and Maggie Dessain, tel: 434-344-0072 [email protected] |
| Solar dryer in Sirebampo |