Lombriz Feliz (The Happy Worm) is a project that has been in operation over 15 years. More information on this project can be gained on the following blog: www.centroecologico.blogspot.com In the early 1990s when the community of Primero de Mayo was founded on the edge of a rubbish tip, a group of people set about recycling waste and establishing a worm farm in the process.
Mary Nieto who is a founding member of the Project and who has been the strength behind its survival and ongoing development. Mary is an active member of the Parish, also dedicating her time to the Parish Social Justice Team.
Landscape around the The Happy Worm Farm - a lot of hard work has been done over the years to enable the project to develop.
Construction of a small office and administration centre which will be part of a bigger complex in the future has been funded through the Diocese of Ballarat. Groups of university students are frequent visitors to the centre, and the project runs a variety of ecological activities for the children and youth of the area. This centre will enable such activities to be better coordinated in the future.