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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Latrine Building
Please let me introduce you Bolivar and Arlin, who are building latrines for those who have none. With our latrine building we are working to eliminate lack of sanitation, a principal cause of illness among poor families in the parish of Don Juan.
Painting the chapel in Los Lanos
Engineers Without Borders Potable Water Project
Below is a recent email from Engineers without Borders of the University of
Rochester,NY in regard to our project to have potable water 24/7:
Hi P. Ron,
Hi P. Ron,
I
hope that you and all of our friends in Don Juan are doing well. I
realize that we haven't spoken in a few weeks so I wanted to send out a
few updates from our chapter.
We have received
approval to proceed with the designs for the water system on the
condition that we make contact with a local government representative in
Don Juan. For this reason, we will be reaching out to Sr. Anderson de
los Santos. EWB-USA is also requiring that we show proof about whether
or not design regulations/specifications or permits are required in the
area; therefore, we will also try to contact the engineering department
at INTEC to determine what resources might be available. We hope to have
a draft of our design plans completed by the end of this semester and
will be submitting our proposal to EWB-USA for approval this summer.
Recently,
the fundraising committee applied for a Rotary Simplified District
Grant, through which we aim to receive $10,000. We feel confident in
receiving this grant because two Rotary clubs, from within the district,
are co-sponsoring our organization. We will also send some members to a
"House of Friendship" event, where we will inform other clubs of our
program in hopes of receiving additional pledges of monetary support.
Moving into next semester, we plan to launch a crowd-funding campaign
sponsored by the engineering school at the University of Rochester.
On
another note, Sophia and I have spoken regarding the procedure for
further water testing (in between chlorine additions) in the cisterns
and and boy's restroom (near the 7th and 8th grade classrooms). We look
forward to receiving the results of the test and for continuing to
welcome and communicate with Sophia as the newest member of our team.
Finally,
we will be sending our most recently estimated budget for the program
within the next week. We are working on a translated version and are
drafting a letter to APMAE to update them as well.
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions/concerns!
Best,
Grace
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Engineers Without Borders
My birthday gift
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Kinder and 8th Grade Graduation
The School in Don Juan held Kindergarten graduation on the 15th of June.
Side Project: Andrea's house
One of our side projects was rebuilding the home of Andrea, a widow who lives in the small
community of Hoyo de Plum ,DR.
Andrea and her house before work began
Andrea and her house before work began
Cornell Men's Hockey Team Visit
May 27th to June 3rd some members of the Cornell Hockey Team, their coach and my very good friend, Mike Schafer, and five friends of the hockey team came down to build a chapel and community center in the community of Bosque Abajo. The group also visited the Portal de Belen Children's Center.
Mass at Bosque Arriba
This group photo is at the beach celebrating my 53rd anniversary as a priest
Lunch at Pizza Hut SD on way to the beach hotel
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