Spring cleaning and repairs

Spring is in the air and our focus is turning to the gardens and spring cleaning . 

We are also getting ready to put together seeds to donate .  We will give about $10 worth per family, and with about 200 families that will come to $2000.  we are doing well and just need about $500 towards this. 

 

As soon as we get back to Kyrgyzstan we have a couple big needs to take care of.  The first is the bees.  We have bees in the mountains and bees down on the farm.  The bees, as you can see in the picture , are beside a corn field.  Last fall the farmer brought in a drone that sprayed the corn to make it dry faster , and in doing so, he over shot and killed all of our bees.  This was devastating.  We would like to move these hives up into the mountain away from farms as we think that the new modern farming is going to be an on going problem.  The cost to reestablish the hives will be $2000 . This will need to be done as soon as we get there so that the hives can be established for the season.  

The other problem we had this winter was also a big one.  There was a massive power surge in the village that did significant damage .  It destroyed fridges, microwaves, washing machines and dryers as well as any computers plugged in .  The computers we were able to fix, and because it was the off season we could bring a fridge down from the mountain , and we purchased  one .  But with the season starting up, we need to purchase three small fridges and one big one as well as one freezer and a dryer. .. Total will be around $1500 to cover this need .

We will fly out on April 6, landing on April 8.  My plan is to have the seeds , the hives and the refrigerators all taking care of by April 15.  any donations made before April first should be able to make it to me in time .  Thank you in advance for anyone who is able to help with these needs.