Great News to Share! Moving forward in our mission to help those in need by feeding the forgotten old folks in Cotacachi has it’s challenges. However progress is being made… We found a building in town that will meet our needs to better serve the poor elderly . Two large rooms are available. The main room […]
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March 2016: A permanent building has been located to better serve our poor elderly and less fortunate folks. The vacant building is owned by the Municipality and we are working out the details to obtain. This building is in very good condition and partially furnished with electric, city water and septic included. The building is located […]
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Heart Warming Story for Hatu Mikui Young Sasha just had her 7th birthday and decided instead of gifts she asked for funds to donate to Hatu Mikui food kitchen. She raised $317. This family visited us last summer and their two young daughters worked 5 mornings a week with Mom and Dad to serve our […]
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January 2016 Wishing you good health, peace and joy during this year and even the bonus of being a leap year. Our volunteers have been working hard to feed our people and it now takes two people to do the food shopping twice a week. We are feeding breakfast to an average of 60 or […]
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Christmas Celebration Hatu Mikui Food Kitchen December 7 we celebrated Christmas and served a luncheon to 190 disadvantaged women and men. Many of these elderly people had arrived in the morning anticipating their usual breakfast and then chose to stay and await this special Christmas event and lunch. Some of those we serve walk […]
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Hatu Mikiu Food Kitchen Hatu Mikiu is Kichwa come and eat… Thanksgiving is approaching for our many North American friends as a day of being thankful for the abundance of Mother Earth. A time for reminiscing of days gone by and memories. Enjoy this […]
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Hatu Mikui Soup Kitchen Update – October 2015 We at Hatu Mikui have just celebrated our first anniversary for feeding the poor elderly. The number of people in need of breakfast is increasing. We have been very successful in offering showers and a change of clothes to these elderly poor. The joy expressed and […]
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Hatu Mikui soup kitchen had the wonderful experience in July of a family visiting Cotacachi and wanting to help our forgotten elderly people. Mother, Dad and two young daughters age 6 and 8 helped us serve in the soup kitchen every day for a full month! The 8 year old’s birthday was in August. She stated she wanted […]
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August: Hatu Mikui WOW –Indigenous and non-Indigenous are taking hot water showers for the first time – pretty much overwhelmed with the experience. Hair washing with shampoo and bars of soap is a real treat for these elderly forgotten people. And it’s all possible because a generous donor purchased 15 Indigenous outfits for our Indigenous women. After a […]
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Cotacachi – July 2015 We are still serving our elderly poor in a wonderful temporary location until our new kitchen is built at Unorcac/Jambi our original location. We provide breakfast from 29 to 40 elderly each morning, as well as carry out for people that are ill or live too far away. The Pastor of the building […]
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