Cristales Water Project
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Friday, September 12, 2008
thank you again to Rotary International , Rotary Port Isabel,Rotary Club Of Harlingen, Rotary Trujillo, The community of Cristales, Don Cesar , Tesla.
and all the International volunteers that make this program possible and show the Garifuna community, that Rotary Care about community's Like then and willing to help ,Muchas Gracias Ingeniero, Doctor Diaz Pon,Embassy Of Honduras Ambassador Flores Bermudez.and thank you to Tom Plumb And Carol Plumb for Another excellent and great project .
Muchas Gracias
Cristales Water Project Garifuna Community
This Project will provide water for the 750 households ,2051 individuals, in Barrio Cristales, The Garifuna Community is be Asking for this project for 6 years to many organizations, nobody help.
to they ask Rotary International for help, here are the results.
Inauguration of the Water Project: we have members of the community, Isabel the person that keep everyone in line working hard, Thelma The President for Rotary Trujillo, Tom Plumb , and we have the visit of some special guess , the Governor of colon, and front the presidential house we have Doctor Diaz .
Governor of Colon Receiving at Rotary Trujillo Flag.
The Sponsors Thank you so much
Different views of the water thank
WOW you got no idea how much work and material is need for this project the community was great , laying bricks in the top of the mountain whit a high heat was brutal the volunteer that work there can verified that, excellent job guys.
Doctora Tesla She help make this Possible.
Counselor Guillermo Verde Honduras Embassy Washington D.C.
working whit Hands to Honduras .
this is few kilometers up the mountain is where the clean water will came into the thank.
the Represa need to be clean hard work.
Not Roads to get there as you can see but the view is great.
Local Volunteers doing a great job.
Volunteers caring water to laying the Bricks.
The you guys remember How hot was that day:).
only 11,000 more bricks to go ouch.
was a total of 12,000 Bricks use, not counting the ones that don't make because got broke.
great job Volunteers.
very Hard work ,You guys haves to feel Proud o what you Do.
the cement for the base.
o Do I mention allot of cement and rocks too.
here is the foundation below the cement Base.
allot of rocks , all this rock haves to be break by sledgehammer.
first find the rocks all over the mountain and bring to the spot and later break then in small sections , and later put then in order to make the foundation in a 100 + heat .
i don't haves to tell you how hard this was . the local Community need the project so bad they willing to work for something that will make they life better.
moving rocks.
Digging the hole for the foundation.
Foundation Water Project Cristales.
just to give and idea how hard was to get the material to this place.
all the material haves to be Cary down hill ,cross the river then go up the mountain and then go up some more .
rebound, cement, bricks, sand all was deliver that way at the end we manages to get few horses to help some .
was brutal task to do but the community step in and do a excellent job .
This little house was the half way point to the project we stored some the materials there.
Bricks was Cary the same way,12,000 in the back of people up to the mountain.
water project face 2 , where the filters will go.
the water Board and some community members, el Ingeniero in a meeting, at cocopando.
water Board , don Cesar is here he was the main person in the everyday operations whit niece Isabel.
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