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The Wild Animal Sanctuary is a 789-acre animal sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, United States. This sanctuary specializes in rescuing and caring for large predators which are being ill-treated, for which their owners can no longer care, or which might otherwise be euthanized.

When John Hopper was growing up in Las Animas, his mother worked at the local hospital with a man named Emory Namura. Hopper heard people mention that Namura, an administrator, was a former resident of a nearby Japanese internment camp during World War II, yet as far as Hopper could see, no such place existed. He also never learned a thing about the long-gone outpost in high school, and it was only briefly mentioned during a history class he took at Colorado State University.

Hopper returned to eastern Colorado to teach social studies at Granada High School, about 50 miles east of Las Animas, in 1989, and he couldn’t shake the mystery of the facility. So he asked a few students to help interview Namura about what is officially called the Granada Relocation Center. Namura, in turn, put a face on one of America’s most inhumane acts.

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A light-hearted name for simple devices that significantly reduce the spread of deadly diseases. A group of concerned Guatemalan citizens “Los Buenos Vecinos” (The Good Neighbors) are improving the health of their communities by making and installing Tippy Taps - practical, affordable, sustainable handwash stations - and teaching WASH (water and sanitation hygiene) protocols.

Studies show that daily use of Tippy Taps combined with WASH training reduces influenza and diarrhea by 47%. Diarrhea is the major cause of malnutrition and the highest cause of death in children under 10 yrs. 74% of Mayan children have chronic malnutrition. COVID-19 makes handwashing more urgent than ever.

Rotary Clubs and individual Rotarians in Flathead Valley and across Montana would love for you to join us as we help Los Buenos Vecinos supply School Tippy Taps, towels, soap, and WASH training for thousands of children in the coastal highlands of Guatemala! Our immediate project goal is to install 50 School Tippy Taps in 26 schools. Our fundraising goal of $22,000 will complete the installations and provide contingency funds for liquid soap should government supplies be deficient or unavailable.

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