Three fabulous volunteers showed up in Panama! Choppy water, slippery logs, mangrove mud and “that cacao drink” were all part of their experiences … More Three Volunteers (and TWO video clips!)
A special team worked together on the well in Buena Esperanza! … More No Sharks in Shark Hole
We went to Isla Tigre, where most of Simon’s family lives. Tigers? No, but we did spot a little orange kitten … More Tiger Island
How do we get a community to embrace a borehole well? We need one family to be willing to try… … More Simon’s Great Idea!
Drilling continues here at the primary school in Kyansinbi. It started great, but within a few days we ran into challenges with a quartz-like rock in the borehole. We spent 7 hours one day just to chip enough to move pass briefly. Even after we chip off chunks of the rock, it feels like it … More The Rock (no, not the actor)
We finished the Rain Water Catchment (Plan “B”) project in Butenga! It took about a week and a half to get the material to the site, but only three days to complete the work. Planning and scheduling can be quite difficult in the field. The town, Luweero, that we go to for most of the … More Rain, rain, please STAY!
Remember how we were slowly chipping away at the rocks in Butenga? Our daily routine looked like this: Drill, get stuck on a rock, hand-dig out the rocks, shovel them into a bucket to be dumped outside of the pit. Find softer soil, drop the drill into the pit (thinking that perhaps we had passed … More Plan “B”
As many of your know Hurricane Matthew has had a devastating effect on the people of Haiti. I’ve worked in partnership with Faith and Love in Action (FLA) in Haiti for over three years now – originally with water/sanitation projects and, since 2014, the “Gift a Goat” program that many of you support. I only have … More Support for our friends in Haiti
I’m almost finished with my second week in Uganda and, as usual, I have a lot to share and little time to do it 🙂 At the moment, we are drilling in Butenga (a village of 250 ppl). This site was selected by Washington, a Ugandan man I trained here in 2012 for Hydromissions. Washington … More Things have gotten “rocky”!
4 (or 5) countries in 2 months. Lots of projects ahead of me! … More My Next 4 (0r 5) Countries
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