Your Funds at Work
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Working Tools I am beginning my sixth year of service in Haiti, working in the shadows of neglect and apathy. From the beginning, I wanted to create solid infrastructure and worthy facilities from which the thousands of international volunteers and local Haitian staff can perform their enduring miracles and petite triumphs against a daily onslaught of disease and suffering. read more… |
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Spring 2013: Construction Update Work is almost complete on the construction of the new Duplex on the CRUDEM campus adjacent to the convent. The buildings consist of two units containing three bedrooms and two baths, with kitchen and living space. The construction consists of utilizing SIP panels, (structural insulated panels). read more… |
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Fall 2012 Construction Update: Your Funds at Work As we approach the fall, we are anxiously awaiting the completion of our Family Center. Formerly called the Nutrition Center, this space was previously located near our maintenance and facilities area. read more… |
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Spring 2012 Construction Update: Your Funds at Work We have expanded the structure, installed the new truss system and placed the new CAT 350 KW Gensets in place. The roof and walls should be completed in within 30 days. The electricians from the Mazzetti group in San Francisco are targeting mid-April for the final electrical connection. read more… |
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Jeff Rodriguez: Master Electrician & Electrical Engineer Jeff Rodriguez, affiliated with Power Analytical Incorporated of San Bruno, CA, volunteered to help us create an underground electrical grid and connect our new generators recently installed at Hôpital Sacré Coeur. read more… |
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Doug Rendleman: Design Engineer Doug Rendleman, a partner at A. J. Brown Incorporated of Chesterfield, MO, was the lead volunteer responsible for designing and constructing our General Services building. This project was the first phase in the effort to build a program that would provide solid maintenance of the greater hospital facilities. read more… |
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Karl Spears: Design Engineer Karl Spears is a design engineer who works at Bobcat Corporation, a subsidiary of Doosan Company and has been coming to Haiti for several years now with his wife, who is a nurse. Karl originally came to help us with the service of the new Bobcat excavator that was gifted to CRUDEM in 2010. read more… |
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Construction Engineers Make Lasting Changes One of the most important aspects of our undertaking in Haiti is the opportunity to teach our brothers and sisters new talents. As the coordinator for non-medical services at Hôpital Sacré Coeur, I have had the enormous pleasure of seeing the growth of a body of men who traditionally toiled as day laborers for the hospital as they performed many different tasks. read more… |
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Contruction Update: Your Funds at Work We are in the midst of enlarging our generator house to accommodate our new CAT generators. read more… |
