Helpng to make the dream a reality

Nov 2014 to Oct 2017
- Volunteered to oversee Construction of a New Hospital to replace a 27+ year old facility staffed and operated by Dominicans. I spent 3 years on behalf of the many donors to the REVOLUTION campaign - a 4.5 Million Dollar campaign to fund this project.
August 2017 to September 2018
Work ceased while Tax issues resolved
Oct 2018
Working as project consultant to help get this wonderful project completed.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Independence Day

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Happy Independence Day! 
Today the Dominicans are celebrating independence from Haiti in 1844, 
ending 22 years of Haitian rule. 

 No work is occurring at the clinic site today because of the holiday.

 The timing of the holiday falls at a great time.
It is another string of holy-coincidences: 
1)     Current Work-   The only work being done at the site is by the surveyor who is re-staking the "platea" or site area for the next lift / layer of fill material. Once these stakes are in place, the fill/compaction process can continue. So until this re-staking is done there is no fill/compaction.
2)     We have a machine down-    There is a part on the bulldozer that is broken so it is idle resulting in no work at the mine. After a good bit of coordination, communication, help from Carter Machinery (a CAT dealer) in Salem, VA and help from Joe Miller a new part will be arriving with the Roanoke team tomorrow! We plan to remove the old part and prep the machine Saturday and then install the new part Sunday. So Monday we should be back to work with the Fill and Compaction. Great timing with the Roanoke team being able to bring the part - The Santo Domingo CAT did not have the needed part in the country and was planning to have the part shipped from the US and require at least 7 days. So we will be back in business very soon!!
3)     Death in the Family-    The father of Marco, the loader driver, passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. So this would have caused some issues at the mine site and a conflict with Marco. Frank and I went to the families home Wednesday to pay our respects. They live about 20 km east of San Juan. Of course here in the DR, when you step into someones home you are required to sit, eat and visit. So during a very full plate of rice and chicken we had a nice visit with Marco's family. The fathers body was in a coffin with a viewing window on it.This home-visitation / reception takes place for 9 days. Every area in the home had multiple chairs set up, even outside there was a tarp over a sitting area. People were cooking and there was all sorts of food available.  Another unique DR experience.
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