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The Service Projects
VISIONS students don't just ferry buckets of nails or hand off power tools to the carpenter or adobe bricks to local maestros. Participants do the work. We employ carpenters, masons and other professionals who teach the technical skills and are on board to guide you as you do the work.
We build to hurricane specifications in the Caribbean, where many of our structures are the designated hurricane shelters in neighborhoods. In Alaska, the Mentasta Village community center we built over two summer seasons was one of two buildings that withstood the 2002 Denali Fault 7.9 earthquake. VISIONS projects are robust, well planned, well executed, and needed by our host communities.
See VISIONS' projects below. You also may review 2011 summer projects.
Ground-up Construction 1989-2011
GRAND TOTAL - 995 structures, including 22 schools, 61 houses, 121 additions to buildings, and the following...
Community centers- Playgrounds
- Outdoor pavilions and stages
- Orphanage home
- Medical / dental clinics
- Fire house
- Bridges
- Cisterns and wells
- Irrigation canals and trenches
- Trails and environmental walkways
- Wildlife observation decks
- Cleaner burning stoves
- Compostable latrines
Bio-digestors- Humane Society dog houses
- Sidewalks
- Smokehouses
- School furniture (desks, chairs, shelving units)
- Roads
- Greenhouses
- Hatchery construction
- Bird houses and towers
- Septic tanks
- Play and exercise structures
- Pole barns and shade arbors
Ceremonial structures- Sweat lodges and steam bath houses
- Athletic courts and fields
- Fences and walls
- Sheds-storage, food and garden sheds
- Picnic tables
- BBQ grills/pits
- Ceramic ovens
- Chain saw mill
- Benches and bleachers
- Fish wheel and fishing decks
- Compost barrels
Renovations and painting in addition to ground-up construction
GRAND TOTAL 294, including...
- Water filtration/potable water systems
- Fences and fencing repair
- Handicap ramp repair
- Historic sites clean-up
- Playgrounds and play structures
- Murals
- Roads (paving)
- Classrooms and other rooms
- Buildings (demolish, refurbish, winterize, etc.)
SOCIAL SERVICE
- Apprenticeships and internships with farmers, agricultural cooperatives, artisans and health workers
- Children's day camps
English instruction, intercambios- Volunteering w/handicapped and elderly
- Oral history interviews and documentation
- Environmental education
- Gardening and farming
- Tree planting
- Dam and bridge restoration
- Animal husbandry, including preservation, data collection and recording
- Environmental surveying
- Firebreaks
- Weed eradication
- Park and beach clean-ups
- Food distribution
- Preparing and serving food, set-up, clean-up for ceremonies
