My newest service community is the town of Piriati. Unlike
my previous service sites, village doesn’t describe this sprawling community of
about 1,200. Global Brigades is building two demonstration Bano units at the Community
Center, which includes a large dance hall, vendor booths, big kitchen and
offices, which are air conditioned and shared by many organizations. I’ll be
doing the training and education on the Bano units, working with the Water
Committee and advising on solutions to the heat and septic problems in the
government casitas.
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Part of the Water Committee
Ezekiel, Jonathon and Rigoberto |
The good news on the Casitas front is that my survey of 10
of the houses showed only 2 that has backed up septic, due to inadequate or
poor designed drain fields. Only 4 folks complained about heat, since there are
lots of trees here, unlike Pueblo Nuevo. It’s about a 45 min commute from the
cottage on the Coaster bus. Friday, I’ll be doing the 2 hour hike up to the
water tanks, where they have inoperative sand filters.
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| Colorful Embera skirts |
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| Cecilio and his crew are building 2 composting toilets at the Community Center |
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| A working pay phone, courtesy of good old Cable & Wireless |
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| This lady is VERY happy with her new government house |
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