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The Alamos Project -
Phase III
VICTORIA'S LOG
The Tomas Tomas team landed in Obregon Mexico on June
22, 2002 and installed Phase III upgrades to the library in
Alamos. It was 114 F. With the help of many
local people, they ran in 180 feet of new
underground electrical cable, new electrical panels, installed air
conditioning, wall mounted video equipment along with 50
video tapes of documentaries and educational films for children in
Spanish, added 69 new books, 100
new dictionaries for the 6th grade Personal
Book Program, installed steel bars for the windows, added 5
new book shelve modules, a world globe, completed the book inventory,
added 4 more local people to the library
committee for a total of 7 and setup the
beginnings of a Pin Pale program between Tualatin High School students
in Oregon and Revolucion School in Alamos. The library now has 1249
books and is currently being used by 600
children per day. Total
expenditures for Phase III was $5,126.17 Thanks
again for another great project --
We sincerely thank Jorge
Valenzuela, Luis
Leyva,
Emma Michel,
Charley
and Carmalita
of FAI for bringing us into their homes,
providing transportation, connections, setting up places to stay, and for their
never ending work of lovingly helping children. We thank Cuco the brilliant carpenter and cabinet maker,
Manuel Bacuanero
the welder for his great laugh and excellent steel work, and Rosario
Castro Arias
and son
for the electrical work. We thank Juan Zoilo Lopez the director
of the school for his spirit and founding belief and for his efforts in
organizing the men and children who helped in the digging and
installation of the electrical lines and for providing transportation to
Navajoa for supplies. We thank Maye
for her weeks of works doing the book inventory and card cataloging.
Again we thank Jesus Gil - Superintendent of schools, Professor
Juan Zoilo Lopez, and Professor
Juan Torres for providing the building for the library.
We thank the many wonderful children who helped
in the grounds cleanup, carrying materials and electrical installation
in 114 F temperature. We also thank our publishers: Ari
Nurmikumpu for his discount for the 100
dictionaries and Jose Maria Tavares Castillose
for
providing generous discounts for the educational video tapes and books
and Dr. Brian Shears of
Sonoma State University for his sage advice and Laura Goldman of Santa Rosa Junior
College for her moral support in the project. We also want to
thank George
Shepard of Hood River, Oregon for
connecting us with Dede Moore
who helps coordination the Tualatin High Communicare
program and Victoria Vieira of
the College of Marin for acting as project translator and keeper of the
log and for her loving care in helping Marisol.
We want to thank our donors: the Harold
& Arlene Schnitzer Foundation,
the Students
of the Communicare Program,
and 9 Generous Donors who made it
financially possible and to the spirit of Mari
and Marisol.
We welcome and are encouraged by the
new members of the library committee: Juan Zoilo Lopez,
Rosario Cubedo Corral (Maye), Emma Michel, Jesus Mafilde Veia, Maria del
Carmen Bay (Carmelita), Maria Eisira Corral, and Maria Ester.
COMPLETION OF PHASE III ALAMOS
VICTORIA'S LOG
The Next
Village
Over the next
year we will be
looking for other villages to start new libraries.
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