Unlike a regular Peace Corps service, where there are 2
months of training and another 3 months sizing up the community, Response
volunteers go directly to site and hit the ground running since they have been
recruited to provide very specific services. Such is my case – 3 days of
orientation, a couple days of settling in and it’s off to work.
I begin tomorrow in Pueblo Nuevo in Darien, with my old
friends Ligorio and Benino. We’ll review the water situation, plan our upgrades
to the water intake, tour the new government houses and I’ll demonstrate the
compact Chlorine Production Unit.
Tuesday, I visit a new site of Piriati with Cecilio and
Dedeis to educate the village on the new Banos units that Global Brigades is
building there and discuss septic tank problems that the folks there are
experiencing.
Then, I’ll be checking in with all my friends in Ipeti,
where government houses are being built and follow up on the Bano usage and
water system. I’ll also be working in 3 more new sites : Amarae, Curti and
Santa Fe. I’ll also be working with the Global Brigades volunteers again, when
they come in March and June.
Long term, my plan for the next 6 months looks like this:
WORK PLAN - ROBERT
“GOYO” PLIMPTON , PCRV FEB-JULY 2017
Activity Working with Feb Mar Apr May June
July
Develop septic tank presentation Cecilio, GB X
Septic Tank charlas – Ipeti, PN, Piriati Cecilio, Dediel GB X X X
Train & Demo CPU units - PN, Piriati Dediel, GB X X
Train Com de Agua – Piriati, Arimae, Curti GB staff X X X
Train Santa Fe C de A on settling tank solo X
Monitor/inspect Banos in Ipeti Brigades X X
Assist and train Bano users Piriati, PN GB staff X X X
Develop materials for JARR status GB & PC staff X X
Find water test sources GB
& PC staff X X X
Investigate legal ROW status
Work & Educate GB volunteers Brigades X X
Follow up all projects X X X
PC = Peace Corps
GB = Global Brigades CPU = Chlorine Production Unit PN = Pueblo Nuevo ROW = right of way
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