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Ex-volunteers

Our ex-volunteers provide an important source of support for the Foundation. In their home countries and cities, our ex-volunteers bring great enthusiasm in carrying out projects such as:

• disseminating the work of the Foundation among family and friends
• writing small articles for the press
• giving talks and selling woven goods at local events

Don't hesitate to contact us if you wish to continue supporting the Foundation as you return to your daily life!

Grange School Student Summer Projects

We have received current and past students from the Grange School of Santiago. These students give part of their summer vacation to help provide basic housing to families that are poor and lack opportunities.

Since the year 1997, the Grange School and the Chol-Chol Foundation have collaborated in order to benefit the rural families of the Aracuania Region and to give the school's young students an understanding of the reality of poverty.

The groups that have benefited from this cooperation are peasants and the Mapuche, whose quantity of land is minimal and often of bad quality, making it difficult to farm and therefore difficult to save money to apply for Farm Housing Subsidies or to build their own houses.

Impact on the quality of life of the beneficiaries

• For most families, the acquisition of housing betters their living condition in terms of comfort, privacy and hygiene.
• For the young families that have been living with others, receiving a new home allows a living situation in which one can have things "of their own, with out being bothered."
• The joint construction work between the students and the families generates strong ties, enhanced by the gratitude and commitment of the beneficiaries, who value the cooperation and good will of the young students.

Past volunteers

Since the establishment of the Foundation, we have received volunteer support from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa.

For our work, the knowledge and disposition of these volunteers has been crucial in supporting our programs and in generating new contacts and ideas. We greatly appreciate their monetary disinterest and their wish to share their knowledge as volunteers.

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Volunteers 2008

Name	Area of Work	Country
Deborah Eide	General support	U.S.A.
Mercedes Montalva	Communications	Chile

Volunteers 2007

Name	Area of Work	Country
Amandine Redjimi	Weaving Commercialization	France
Cecilia Pasquini	Video Production	Argentina
Bart Laurense	Weaving Commercialization	Holland
James Coffey	General Support	U.S.A.
James Sigel	Weaving Commercialization	U.S.A.
Jessica Johansson	Medicinal Plants	Switzerland
Karina Schell	Medicinal Plants	U.S.A.
Nicolas Buono	Weaving Commercialization	France
Sergio Manca	Medicinal Plants	Italy
Sidney Clara Lowrey	Textile Development	U.S.A.
Silvia Schönenberger	Resource Development	Switzerland
Vincent Messiac	Weaving Commercialization	France
William Linn	Medicinal Plants	U.S.A.

Volunteers 2006

Name	Area of Work	Country
Alexandra Cole-Weiss	Medicinal Plants	U.S.A.
Bridgett Schmidt	Resource Development	Chile/U.S.A.
Cheryl Nuñez	Weaving Commercialization	Canada
Cindy Squelard	Weaving Commercialization	France
Claudine Queret	Weaving Commercialization	France
Klara Ellefsen	Resource Development	Norway
Rosario Correa	Communications	Chile
Sidney Clara Lowrey	Textile Development	U.S.A.

Volunteers 2005

Name	Area of Work	Country
Susana Huenul	Communications	Chile
Kathrin Raabe	Weaving Commercialization	Germany
Rose Luce	General Support	USA
Lorena Soto	Design	Chile
Barry Brice	Resources Development	Jamaica
Elizabeth Nicoletti	James W. Mundell’s Biographical Book	USA
Stephanie Weigel	Resources Development	Germany

Volunteers 2004

Name	Area of Work	Country
Emmanuelle Levy	Mapuche Weaving Commercialization	Canada
Francisco Pretel	Recipe Book Elaboration	Chile
Harry Scarffe	Tree Nursery Assistance	England
Hugo Dawson	Tree Nursery Assistance	England
Julia Lohmüller	Training in Hairdressing	Germany
Marcia Astorga	Training in Agricultural Issues	Chile
María Teresa Zuleta	English-Spanish Translations	Chile
Matt Gracie	Tree Nursery Assistance	England
Megan Bird	Public Relations	U.S.A.
Megan Osterhout	Teaching English	U.S.A.
Oriana Bañares	Administration	Chile
Paola Núñez	Agricultural Issues Assistance	Chile
Paula Morales	Animal Husbandry Training Assistance	Chile
Pauline Carreau	Mapuche Weaving Commercialization	France

Volunteers Year 2003

Name	Area of Work	Country
Celia Bovard	General Assistance	Switzerland
Tim Clark	English Teaching	Canada
Cristina Luarte	Social Work	Chile
Olivia Haesloop	Health	United States
María Teresa Matus	Agronomy	Chile
Julissa Burboa	Agronomy	Chile
Nora Epulef	Agronomist	Chile
Ursula Sagardía	Veterinarian Medicine	Chile
Juliette Guillemot	Photographer	France
Charlie Shoop	International Business	USA
Maricarmen Oyarzún	Handicraft Comercialization	Chile
Nurhaily Zaki	Fundraising	USA
Hiromi Inagaki	Organization and Systemization of Information	Japan

Volunteers Year 2002

Name	Area of Work	Country
Amy Alter	International Business	Canada
Mia Ramírez	Family Health	USA
Peter Conquest	Manual Labor	Australia
Suzanne Davies	Fundraising	England
Tim Podkul	Anthropological Studies	USA
Constanza Herborn	Anthropological Studies	Chile
Carolina Villa	Translation Services	Chile

Volunteers Year 2001

Name	Area of Work	Country
Sabine Bryers	Fundraising	England
Philip Douglass	IT	USA
Sanjay Gandhi	IT	India
Moira Nealon	Fundraising	USA
Claire Hammond-C	Fundraising	England
Mariane Huard	Marketing	Canada

Volunteers Year 2000

Name	Area of Work	Country
Miguel Coomes MD	Medicine	USA
Janine Young MD	Medicine	USA
Yves Terrazas	Health Classes	USA
Darrin Prescott	GIS Mapping	Canada
Erin Prescott	GIS Mapping	Canada
Robyn Smith	Fundraising	Canada
Samantha Herelle	Fundraising	England
Marnie Schilken	Public Health	USA
Tania Ghanem	Anthropological Studies	Canada

Volunteers Year 1999

Name	Area of Work	Country
Sophie Tarnoy	Fundraising	England
Tom Sleater	Manual Labor	England
Bruce Willet	GIS Mapping	USA

Previous Volunteers

Name	Area of Work	Country
Giles Dawson	General Support	England
Missy Ryan	Handicraft Commercialization	USA