A bakery on Isla Tigre in Panama is back in operation, thanks to help from 11 Calvin College students.

They visited the island this spring on a mission from the Grand Rapids school's Global Business Brigade chapter.

It's part of Global Brigades, a national group that mobilizes volunteers to deal with a range of health, environmental and other needs in developing areas.

The community's bakery had been out of service since an equipment breakdown that was too expensive to fix.

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Some of the students set about repairing the equipment, while others focused on providing training to the operators in business practices.

Plans are under way for the brigade to revisit the bakery each semester.

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