It's done!
- Jaun
- Community house
Why were here!
- We have water!
- Dedication of the system
Tim with GeniEye
GeniEye provides clean water
Today began with a mix of excitement and sadness. We’ll see water flow but it’s also our last day at the school. Martha and Jose held a dedication ceremony for system and told us what it meant to them and the families of the school. It was a very emotional ceremony and there was barely a dry eye amongst our team.
After the service, we finished the last of the sand, the final adjustments to the GeniEye Ionization System, the plumbing was finished and the last of the water arrived. The electric went out but they got a generator and we were able to get the system running while the solar power system charged.
In the afternoon once we were done, Martha requested that those of us who hadn’t been down to the “community” go to visit the families and see first hand how things were and what we had done for the children. Until then, we had a percieved picture of those we were serving. We knew it would be bad, we were afraid it would look like they were a side show. We were assured that they wanted us there. To them it was a sign of hope for their families, to know that people cared. All I can say is there isn’t any possible way I could describe the conditions that many of these families live. You have to experience it to comprehend it fully. Yet in all the adverse conditions, I saw a people who were kind and generous despite their adverse conditions. It was one of the most humbling experiences of my life. May I never forget what I learned on this trip.