MOVMedia.org http://www.movmedia.org Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Media Stories Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Marietta Morning Rotary - Panama http://www.movmedia.org/2009/02/11/marietta-morning-rotary-panama/% http://www.movmedia.org/2009/02/11/marietta-morning-rotary-panama/%#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:13:05 +0000 jleephoto http://www.movmedia.org/?p=68 The Marietta Morning Rotary visits the Embera Drua tribe on the Chagres River in Panama.

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]]> http://www.movmedia.org/2009/02/11/marietta-morning-rotary-panama/%/feed Marietta Rotary Goes Native http://www.movmedia.org/2009/02/11/testing-movmediaorg/% http://www.movmedia.org/2009/02/11/testing-movmediaorg/%#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:03:31 +0000 jleephoto http://www.movmedia.org/?p=27 In Feb. 2009, nine members of the Marietta Morning Rotary Club stepped into dug-out canoes and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. The canoes, and their guides from the Embera Indian tribe, would take them up the Chagres river, deep into the rainforest of Panama. Digging in the mud while intermittent rain fell through the jungle canopy, the group, along with  fellow Rotarians from their sister club Rotario Panama Sur, managed put install a septic system for the remote indigenous tribe. While it was hard work, the Embera are a fun loving people and excellent host, providing a full range of entertainment. Club members got a chance to jump from waterfalls, take a jungle tour with the medicine man, learn to make crafts, and dance to native drums.

The Embera people rely largely on ec0-tourism to provide the things they can’t get from mother nature. According to Embera Chief, Eneldo Ruiz, the ability to provide working flush toilets to their guest will provide a great boost to their business and help them preserve their culture.

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