So, I live under a tin roof...: I swear I will make your money go far!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

I swear I will make your money go far!

There are two of my projects up on the Peace Corps website right now and you can donate to them over the internet!

One is my community aqueduct that is desperately in need of money. We have been ready for construction for months, but cannot begin without money! Click the link below or the one on the right sidebar to learn about the project or to donate.

Donate to my Community Aqueduct!

The second is a youth camp that I am involved with. It is scheduled to take place on August 29-31 but will not happen unless all the money requested on the Peace Corps website is donated in time. Click the link below to learn about the project or to donate.

Donate to "Celebrando Cibao" Leadership and Youth Camp!

With each of these website donation links, the problem is that we will not receive a dime of this money before all of that requested has been donated. That is to say, don't be bashful! Don't be shy and think that your contribution won't do enough and you shouldn't even donate. A full day of physical labor in the fields with a machete is valued at just over US$7 in my campo. So literally donating enough for a taxi out to the bar or a footlong sub will be equal to a man chopping and sweating. We have it a bit easier in the states, spread the wealth!

Thanks guys. Take this chance to donate some modest amount from your life and directly see and read the results of what you donated right here on this blog!

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Peace Corps Projects

New block school-house

The government actually followed through on its promise to make a new block schoolhouse next to my host-families house. In my most recent call to the community it was just missing some things on the roof. Now the school will be on the same side of the river as the children who go there-makes sense rigth?! Pictures soon-when the PCV sends me some! And they are still giving daily literacy classes in the community solar center!

Community Aqueduct

Update: The spring box started leaking and water was only filling the tank once every three days. A fellow PCV, our trainer, funds from the water committee, and my plumber went up there, fixed the problem, and they all have tons of water again! The system worked!

A gravity-fed potable water aqueduct that services 39 homes and a small solar water pump aqueduct that services 8houses higher up in the hills. Construction took about 9 months to complete. 3.2 miles of PVC was utilized in the project.

Community Solar Center

We have constructed a small solar-powered community center. This is the only place with constant electricity, the only publicly-owned place where community meetings(i.e. Water Comittee) can be held, and the only place where kids can work together on their homework at night. The center is currently home to a daily literacy course in spanish and a weekly english class given free by a Dominican youth living in a nearby pueblo.

Solar Lightbulb Project

We have implemented a community wide project to put one lightbulb in every house(that wants one and is willing to comply with the required family monetary contribution)! Now even the 50 year-old men are completing their homework from the daily literacy class!

Library/Computer Center in Local High School

In a joint project with another PCV we installed a library/computer center in the local high school, a 2.5 hour walk from my community. Their are four large bookshelfs stocked with books, tables for research/creativity, a computer bank with eight laptops that receive constant power from a backup battery system, small blackboards and a map of the world.

Ventilation-Improved Pit latrines

2 VIP Pit latrines were constructed to replace the worst and most grave cases of the community.