February 25, 2014
Attending: Saul (CEDESA), Lee (Rotary) and
11 families from Vivienda
We met today to finalize our Phase II
project in Vivienda. Two work teams have been established who will build a
pilot cistern at the Secondary School followed by 10 individual family
cisterns. Lee will finalize orders with Hierro Comercial for materials and he
will deliver the plywood to the project on Saturday morning. Saul will
coordinate with Jesus Rico for sand and gravel delivery.
Veronica R agreed to take overall responsibility for local coordination of the project and Laura Yolanda R will be team leader for Group 1. Maria R will lead Group 2. An eleventh family was asking for materials to self-build their own cistern but they were not willing to be part of the group work teams. The members voted that to be eligible to receive materials and assistance from Rotary, that working in the teams was an obligation. This is essential to having a successful project and to promote the concept of community development that we hold dear to our hearts.
Veronica R agreed to take overall responsibility for local coordination of the project and Laura Yolanda R will be team leader for Group 1. Maria R will lead Group 2. An eleventh family was asking for materials to self-build their own cistern but they were not willing to be part of the group work teams. The members voted that to be eligible to receive materials and assistance from Rotary, that working in the teams was an obligation. This is essential to having a successful project and to promote the concept of community development that we hold dear to our hearts.
We reviewed the reason that cisterns are
essential (fluoride contamination) and also discussed the important of additional
sanitation procedures that should be followed to have the “purest” possible
water for their families. We planned out the schedule for this project and made
an exhaustive list of tools that would need to be provided during the
construction phase. The pilot cistern will be constructed from March 2 to March
6, 2015.
See photo from the planning meeting: Organizing and Procedure for Construction of Cisterns. What is needed? #1 on the list is food. Then training, group organization, a construction assistant for each group, materials, the will to work!, tools, and predefined rules and responsibilities within each group.
See photo from the planning meeting: Organizing and Procedure for Construction of Cisterns. What is needed? #1 on the list is food. Then training, group organization, a construction assistant for each group, materials, the will to work!, tools, and predefined rules and responsibilities within each group.
Next week five persons from the Lotus
Foundation will be visiting San Miguel to see the water harvesting projects in
action. The work groups at Vivienda agreed to work on Tuesday in the afternoon
to be able to give our visitors a chance to see a pilot cistern being
constructed first hand.
Submitted by: Lee Carter
