Re: project in Mexico

Hey Virginia! I dig what you are doing and couldn't agree more. What you are doing is essentially the same thing as the healing arts center that I am hoping to establish within my ecocommune to be - I have also been to Oaxaca and love it there. I have very fond memories of some friends from there, and my husband and I biked from there down to Puert Escondido on the highway, razy but an amazing experience with breathtaking vistas. I am glad we were not eating by a mountain lion.

As for funding, what about non profit status? If you are not already filed as such, is that possible for you? If you can get the paperwork together and filed, non profit status may be helpful for you when coming to grantmakers with a proposal. Many grantmakers only award grants to non profits (I think partly b/c it's a tax write off, also prob. b/c a legit organization may appear more focused, driven, and capable of making good with the money they are granted).

Please do write me, I am interested in hearing more about your ideas and your project - perhaps my husband and I could come visit you this winter?