A santa ornament made of felt. A wreath made of tinsel (1930s, somewhere therein).

posted by Viet Anemi  # 9:57 PM

A wigwam made by a school

teacher and his students sits on

display in the city park. Women

from the Lenape tribe made

fires in structures like it

to cook corn and beans

for their families.

This one is lopsided.

Children play inside and

call the wigwam their bakery.

They carry rocks in, as bread,

from the outlying forest.

They ply the tree rods apart

in the walls to make windows

to call out at their customers.

posted by Viet Anemi  # 11:48 PM

A surgeon in Switzerland (c. 1964).

posted by Viet Anemi  # 11:24 PM

"Mr. David Mahon, a New Zealander who has lived in China since 1984, provided a grant of 2,200 RMB [266.34 USD] that, with the villagers' contribution of 2,255.90 RMB [273.11 USD], allowed for the purchase of 30 solar cookers that benefited 150 Tibetan villagers in 30 households. The project has had a very positive impact on the villagers by reducing the time women and girls spend in fuel collection. Significantly, the amount of money villagers will spend on coal has also decreased." Solar cookers for Zhurmer Nang Tibetan village

"Mr Eric Miller and Where There Be Dragons contributed 6,529.57 rmb [790.50 USD] which allowed for the purchase of 38 solar cookers for 38 households in Honri Tibetan Village, Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PRC. Two hundred local Tibetans benefited. In summer, every other day, one girl or woman per household spends on average 3-4 days per week collecting dung. This is an all day activity. To reach this grassland requires four hours on foot. Dung is collected and piled up and women return home. This effort in total requires at least ten hours. The following day, the woman or girl returns to the grassland, puts the dung in bags, loads them on donkeys, and returns home. In winter, the demand for fuel increases so daily trips to the grassland are required. The girls' and women's hands are red and very painful in winter from handling the dung. In spring and autumn, on average, one girl or woman per household spends six hours everyday collecting firewood. This is done by walking two hours to a forest, spending around two hours using a sickle attached to the end of a long pole to cut tree branches, loading the branches on donkeys, and then spending another two hours to return home." Solar cookers for Honri Tibetan village

posted by Viet Anemi  # 9:14 PM