We have been involved with workers at all levels and sometimes, in tune with our original mandate, we have employed over 20 workers at one time. It has been a real challenge, sometimes rewarding, often frustrating, sometimes scary and in the end we can rest assured we have helped so many families achieve better health, nutrition and overall improved lifestyles during the process. Over time we plan to introduce you to some pretty wonderful and special people. For now we start with a more recent full time employee named Scrat. 
As cute as Scrat is, I have to say I have a strong ingrained dislike for cats. Sort of unexplainable, but lets say it most likely has something to do with a lifelong impression based back with childhood and allergies.
On a trip to our trusted local vet I mentioned to Enrique I was concerned about a rodent problem relating to some negligent neighbours. I expressed concerns surrounding a recent purchase of poison to eliminate the beasts. I had been left with few options and this raised some eyebrows from this vet as well, the same one that just happened to have a litter of kittens ready for new families. The ensuing conversation and debate is long over but the result stays with us now. I am still not a cat person but Scrat has earned a place in my heart for hard work and the ability to be born with tremendous and unexpected skill levels. I will never be a close friend as I am more sure than ever that cats have no empathy or compassion for other living things, but as a worker however she excels. If you forget she enjoys killing my wonderful geckos and has weapons where fingers could be, she intrigues me as to how she goes about her business. If you go to an unccupied residence and open the door along with all the dresser drawers and kitchen cupboard doors, she will thoroughly explore each and every crevice and dark hole and hidden spaces for anything that might not be wanted by others. She is instinctively systematic and amn amazing hunter and that impresses me. Marvellously she roots out small critters and best of all just the scent of her being around has elmininated all evidence of all rodents.
Previously you could find evidence of nightly visits from unwanted visitors as they pooped their way along the deck. It is obvious there are no longer any nocturnal visits. Scrat has fulfilled her requirements for keep beyond our original expectations and she is now a valued and hard working member of Patio Zemi projecto.
Now if I could just get her to stop searching for and killing my beautiful geckos
We also discovered they call the rats here coco rats as they love to sleep in coconut trees. As a result we have cut back a lot of branches coming close to upper level balconies. They no longer can use them as a bridge to visit us without an invitation. We miss those lovely branches. Life is just so full of necessary compromises.
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