OliveUs Education Society founder Nikos Theodasakis and his wife Linda visited Sayulita last year on vacation and  returned this past month with the InStill Life project in mind. Tanis Hoffman, long-time friend of the Theodasakis’ and resident of Sayulita, acted as co-ordinator and set up the program with the primary school’s principal and teachers. “This program invites students to create change within their heart, school, community and world” said Nikos.

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Enjoy Greek and Haitian appetizers upstairs at Theo’s Restaurant as the students, teachers, volunteers, and community businesses involved share their passion for this amazing project.

Tickets are $20 and include one of these fabulous greeting cards.
Original student artwork will also be for sale.

March 15th at 6:30 pm
Please reserve your spot by calling us at 250.492.4019

see you there!

2011 sees the InStill Life project expanding again! The project, which started with the Naramata school in 2008/2009, and then added Begbee Elementary in Vancouver and Queens Park School in 2009/2010 now welcomes four new classrooms from Kelowna, two classrooms from West Bench School in Penticton, and returning schools, with new groups of artists from Queens Park and Begbee Vancouver. Soon, we will have photos, portraits and paintings on this site from all of the schools that have been involved so far. Thanks to all those who are supporting and expanding this project that is changing lives on both sides of the world.

As in Canada, students explored food in their homes, community and around the planet and then created beautiful still life paintings of their favourite foods. For almost all of the fifty students, it was the first time they had ever painted.

Proceeds from these card sales will be used to purchase needed supplies at the students school, and will also go to fund food challenges around the world through kiva.org, an organization which facilitates micro-lending.

Students in Naramata and Guatemala have exchanged photos and letters and are discovering that despite their different taste in foods, language and experience, that all of us share a love of art, fun and a desire for a better world.

San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala

Proceeds from these card sales are used to fund food challenges locally and to lend to individuals around the world through kiva.org, an organization which enables micro-lending. Students research family farmers and small scale food entrepreneurs in developing countries and examine their loan requests before collectively issuing repayable loans. On a classroom map, photos and stories from around the globe bring the world to life as students bring life to the world.