The Santos community
turned out this morning to welcome Hana and Martin from Peace Corps staff and
voice their support for hosting a two-year volunteer. I think they made a great
showing and have already found housing and a list of projects for a new
volunteer.
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| Jimenez house |
There are no seats (yet)
in the Casa Comunal (community meeting place). But, we have a plan - when we
clear the trees from around the newly renovated water tank, we can cut them up
and make benches. 2 birds, 1 stone.
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| Simone's house would make a nice PCV private residence |
Part of the site
selection process for new Peace Corps volunteers is finding suitable housing
for their 2 year stay. Santos has some good possibilities.
This will give an idea of "normal" PCV living conditions. Normal is hard to define, since every village and town has different conditions.
This will give an idea of "normal" PCV living conditions. Normal is hard to define, since every village and town has different conditions.
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| The family latrine has a superb view of the Risco River |
In Panama, PCVs live
with a host family for their first 3 months. The Jimenez family (no relation to
Jose) has grandfather, Mom, Dad and 7 kids - a good sized host family. The PCV
would get a private room, but share bath facilities.
After their first 3
months with a host family, PCVs can elect to stay or move to private quarters.
This house is vacant and available - a bit of a fixer-upper. Right now, there is a small solar panel. But the house will
soon have regular 110VAC power from the grid.
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| New ladder gives easy access to the tank for more better maintenance |
We tested the new access
ladder on the Barriada Santos water tank today. It worked like a charm. Then we
used it to clean out the mud and water that has been sitting in the tank for
over a year. After that, we inspected the new "end around" supply
line - a GREAT success - folks on the other side of the canyon have only had
water pressure at night, when all the other taps are turned off. Now, they have
good water pressure in the middle of
the day!! Big smiles all around and Well
Done to the community workers for their hard work.
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| Tank cleaning time 4" of muddy water |
Three Little Pigs - the
story comes to life with these adorable 4 day old piglets.
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