Paraguay Expat and Travel Blog January Archive

In the prehistoric times when encapsulated medicine were still not available, the prehistoric human beings would cure their sicknesses with herbal medicines. In fact, today, much of modern medicine was derived from the healing properties of some compounds found in these plants.

Medicinal plants are available and way cheaper than readily prepared drugs. So why don't we try making an industry out of this?

This is exactly what Etnobotanica Paraguaya has in mind, which is why they are making efforts to institutionalize the herbal medicine industry here in Paraguay. Read more for more details.

Link: Geneva's Links With Community Medicine In Paraguay

Paraguay Church Mission

Preparation was the key word for the last five years. We have always believed that God uses people who are prepared, so we have spent a great deal of time getting ready for this mission by studying Spanish, learning the culture and forming an effective strategy. For more information on this church mission trip visist this website.

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Solidarity Lending Bolsters Community Development

Thanks to a 60 dollar loan Esperanza Santos Aranda, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the Paraguayan capital will no longer have to sell vegetables at a precarious market stall. She was then able to open up her own small clothes-selling business. Link: [link] Tags: microloans • asuncion • poor neighborhoods • 0 Comments. - Permalink

A Native Sweetener 01/16/08 20:58 Like the Equal and SweetnLow that is commonly used in America, a plant native to Paraguay is also used as a sweetener to replace sugar. The native stevia plant is used to sweeten all kinds of food like bread, seafood, vegetables, and other things. And unlike Equal and SweetnLow Stevia has not been thought to cause cancer. Its safety has been supported with much testing. Link: [link] Tags: stevia • plants • sweetener • 0 Comments. - Permalink Bernardo Krasniashy 01/16/08 01:00 Bernardo Krasniashy was born in Asuncion, Paraguay in 1951. He studied painting with Leonor Ceccotto and graduated in Art and Communications from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. For more information on Krasniasky read more on this website. Other biographies: Myrna baez Laura Anderson Barbata Sandra Bermudez and others Link: [link] Tags: artists • asuncion • 0 Comments. - Permalink The might of the mighty 01/15/08 21:52 Military presence may seem comforting to people affected by various factors such as militancy, terrorism, floods and so on, but there is a limit to everything. Even the presence of the very armed forces thought of as saviours might not be considered pleasant if the strength or duration of stay is exceeded beyond requirement. This might have happened in Paraguay and read out to find out what the human right activists are aiming at [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. grassrootsonline. org/ blog/ delegation -visit -u -s -military -presence -paraguay, anchor: Link: [link]] Tags: human rights • military • 0 Comments. - Permalink • Page 1 • Page 2 • Page 3 • Archives: • March, 2010 • January, 2010 • December, 2009 • November, 2009 • October, 2009 • August, 2009 • July, 2009 • June, 2009 • May, 2009 • April, 2009 • March, 2009 • February, 2009 • January, 2009 • November, 2008 • October, 2008 • September, 2008 • August, 2008 • June, 2008 • May, 2008 • April, 2008 • March, 2008 • February, 2008 • January, 2008 • December, 2007 • November, 2007 • October, 2007 • August, 2007 •

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