Achievements and activity
2004 Expedition
Sisaiwap Development
Association registration
Orchids Angels paid the Sisaiwap Development Association
registration fees toward Papoua New-Guinea government
and also the publication fees in a local jornaldans un journal local of
this registration.
Orchids seeds steril
culture introduction.
Crash course introduction
on orchids seeds steril
culture .
The following items have been brought and
gave to Bob
Maronga: 21 litres pressure cooker, inox long plier,
small
scale, bottles and flasks, filtrating funel, polypropylene
pipettes,
small burner, Sigma Aldrich Phytamax culture medium,
agar (enlarge
picture). Two attempts were made. We succeed
despite
difficult conditions to produce flask with steril culture
medium
that stay sterils. Unfortunately steril seeds sowing
failed in
both attempts. But Bob have suffisent materiel to
practice
hundred times and he is patient.
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Course on vanilla orchids
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government has made 2004 the year for massive
vanilla
plantation.
I met somes vanilla growers that were loosing their plants at the
start: the problem was solved in explaining to them that vanilla is a
epiphytic orchids, rather than terrestrial. Thus they start growing
their cutting on coconut husk bed rather than planting them in soil.
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2005
A coffee grinder sended
to Papa to replace his tongtong.
The little story:
In 2001, at my first visit I was really surprised to hear that
the
three villages inhabitants were buying instant coffee even if they
were coffee
beans producers. When I ask why it was so they simply
said that they didn't know
how to roast and grind
the coffee beans. I explain to them that it was very simple.
I ask
them to find something to roast and something to smash the beans.
They
rapidly
found a skillet, a mortar and pestle, Papa's tongtong, and started a
fire.
After only five minutes that I was roasting the coffee beans
someone ask me if he
could continu. He knew exactly what to do.
Beans were roasted and smashed
whit the tongtong; at the
beginning the grinding was very coarse but a mesh was
improvised
with a mosquito screen. When I return in 2004 Papa was still
using
this system (see
enlarge picture) for his little business, that was selling
hot
coffee.
But grinding coffee whit the tongtong is very long
and tedious. Papa ask me if
I could provide him a coffee
grinder, what have been done. The grinder is hand
power of
course since there is no electricity in the village.
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2007
A $250 cdn grant has been send to Mr. Bob
Maronga et Mr.
Wesley Wosse for their involvement in the community
specially in
the Sisaiwap project.
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A $300 cdn grant has been
send to M.
Lee Heeting for
his dedication in orchids conservation.
Lee and his family. Just before I left in 2004 Lee gave me
a present
that warmed my heart. A clay pot received from his father full of white
roses this pot was used to
cook meals. We are in his orchid's garden
that he hope to show to
visitors. He is proud of his orchid's collection.
He understand
the values of orchid's conservation. He collect orchid's
plants from
trees cut for
agriculture puspose, or plants on dead trees
in forest, those plants simply die after 2-3
years. (photo 1)
(photo2).
2008
A $400 cdn grant was send
to help Warran and Indagen
elementery school.
Fisrt charity sale
(garage sale) for Orchid's Angels profits. $160 have been raised.
