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Festival Sponsors continued
Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Association
http://www.bosia.org
842-0774
Founded by Kim and Ela Esterberg in 1986, Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Association began as a way to offer Bainbridge Islanders a different view of Nicaragua besides the one portrayed in the news of the Contra Wars. They raised money from 100 island families and Kim went to Nicaragua, and found Ometepe. Kim's trip began a tapestry of richly varied connections between two very different and distant islands, a tapestry that shows clearly how much the islanders have in common. In 1990 the Sister Islands Association started to import fair-traded, organic, shade-grown coffee from Ometepe. Called Café Oro de Ometepe, it is specially grown, specially bought, and specially roasted. Many of the farmers have become friends, including Cooperativa Carlos Díaz Cajina. CDC is a producer cooperative of 29 families that owns a farm on the slopes of Maderas, one of the two volcanos that forms Ometepe.
Clear Path International
http://www.clearpathinternational.org
206 780 5964
Clear Path International was founded by families who care about other families, particularly those suffering from the consequences of war. They sponsor the removal of life-threatening ordnance (mines and bombs) and offer assistance to accident survivors, particularly children. Clear Path International is conducting a major project to clear unexploded ordnance on 125 acres of the former Dong Ha Combat Base
Climate Solutions
http://www.climatesolutions.org
360 352-1763
Climate Solutions mission is to stop global warming at the earliest point possible by helping the Northwest become a world leader in practical and profitable solutions. We focus on solutions that deliver many benefits to our region - from job creation and economic development to environmental protection and a better quality of life.
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