Constructed 30 ft. diameter sun dance lodge. Dug holes for and set the lodge pole pine posts, collected willow branches and brush to secure circumference and roof of lodge. Built three outhouses for sun dance lodge dancers during ceremony.
Collected berries, rocks and cut wood for Tom Crawford's sweat lodge ceremonies
Built a fence enclosing the space for a community garden to be created at the Browning free clothing center
Painted perimeter railings around the Browning race track and rodeo grounds; painted perimeter fence enclosing the picnic area and front entrance pathway to the Museum of the Plains Indian
For Blackfeet Tribal Housing Authority built a 30 ft. wheel chair ramp for elder
For Blackfeet Nation Land Trust Flat Iron (So-Keeps-Kim) Ranch insulated a cabin slated to be an interactive museum, mowed grounds and cleared detritus. These 1,100 acres on the Glacier National Park front are a unique partnership between the Blackfeet people and the Nature Conservancy.
Put up a perimeter fence for the Heart Butte Head Start facility
Mississippi
For Audubon Mississippi, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, Moss Point, constructed 16 ft.-span octagon observation deck and 100-ft. boardwalk approx. 2 ft. above ground. Participants worked in extreme bayou conditions battling mud and roots to clear a trail to, dig holes for and construct the deck.
On Turkey Creek constructed 6 ft. observation tower over creek and two 4 ft. x 4 ft. information kiosks at entrances to trail heads. Reset fishing deck (built by VISIONS 2007) that were washed out by floods
For Turkey Creek Community Initiatives (TCCI) taped scenes, slogans and pictures on the side of the TCCI "Katrina Trailer" that accompanies Derrick Evans, TCCI Exec. Director, to advocacy and environmental events
For the North Gulfport Community Land Trust (NGCLT) built 24-ft.-long, 4-ft.-wide wheelchair ramp for Miss Dorothy; painted local signs; completed massive community clean-up; mowed yards for seniors; volunteered at the Isaiah Fredericks (senior) Center; distributed NGCLT newsletter door-to-door in North Gulfport and Turkey Creek
Dominican Republic
Constructed a 16 x 9 meter community center for San Louis, a batey community. Finished four walls, completed all four walls-rows of cinder blocks, built support columns; dug out the 2 ½ - meter cistern hole, set concrete floor and walls for the cistern. (Moved dirt from the cistern hole and then used it to form the foundation for the Center's floor.)
Organized and supervised, with San Luis youth group, Campamento de Juveniles for over 125 children ages 4 to 13, including classes in the areas of English, Sports, Art & Crafts, & Games
Peru
In Yanahuara, with community members and maestros Hernan and Ismael, carried rocks for the walls and floors of los canales (canals), dug and lined glacial run-off canales that irrigate the fields for 100's of families' chacras. This is an on-going seasonal project.
In Amantoy built hygienic bathrooms outside a pre-school
In Collanas dug a well and completed a potable water system
With ProPeru Service Corps, a Sacred Valley-based development program: assembled and installed cocinas mejoradas (smokeless stoves) in farmers' homes; built and later heated the sawdust and adobe filters to form a porous interior that both repels parasites and allows water to pass through-also helped coat the filters with a anti-bacterial spray to further purify the water
Talleres (apprenticeships) with micro-businesses: beekeeping, carpentry weaving, ceramics, jewelry-making
Tortola
Poured foundation, framed home, constructed wheel-chair ramp for disabled elder in Sea Cow's Bay
Constructed kitchen shelving, painted cabinets, and replaced countertop for elderly couple on Sage Mountain
Repaired and painted picnic benches at East End Community Center (our home base); built benches for St. Mary's Church
For the BVI National Parks Trust: stained gazebo and pergolas, raked leaves, branches at the Botanical Gardens; at Queen Elizabeth Park II painted, repaired gazebo and benches, started construction and completed half of a picket fence to surround the park-set posts in concrete, constructed cross pieces and pickets for the 88-ft- long section
For BVI Social Services constructed two picnic tables for Anegada (neighboring island) Senior Center; began to build a 30 ft. x 14 ft. home for BVI elder. Formed and poured the concrete pad; framed all exterior walls and some interior partitions; covered exterior with T-11 ply board; installed over half the windows
For BVI Services, a handicapped vocational program, painted interior floors and exterior walls
Set up tents for KATS sailing regatta (Primer's Cup)
On organic farm of subsistence farmer, Michael Leonard, weeded and mulched the pineapple field and planted pineapples collected coconuts, ginnups, mangoes; repaired rock wall along road to his farm
Guadeloupe
Built and painted four community picnic tables to use at the beach and other public spaces in Petite Anse
Created and painted two murals at Ancienne College in Petite Anse (our home base) on the sides of two different buildings (10 ft by 80 ft approximately); planted flowers and trees throughout the community-at Ancienne College, the turtle pond, and the primary dock where boats come in from other islands)
Worked in the traditional medicinal garden with the director, Gerard Beaujour, and his family
Taught English classes to local children at Petite Anse library
Dominica
At Salybia School constructed two picnic tables; at Atkinson School poured concrete foundation / floor of 15'x20' cafeteria space; at Crayfish River School repaired/fixed classroom chairs; organized and supervised a one-week day camp and 3-day summer reading / tutoring program; built and painted two 6'x3' bookshelves, painted bathroom stalls and entire ceiling of the 1st floor
At Touna Village in Concord built 5 tables and 6 benches; took down old siding of the community center; accomplished trail maintenance. Concord is off the beaten path on the road from Marigot to Roseau. The traditional Tuona Village model aims to attract tourists traveling through Carib Territory who want to learn about and experience traditional Carib life by living a short while in the village
At the Batacca ("Big River")Community Center de-constructed old concrete walls, replaced with new walls that we stabilized; completed installation of the washroom; put on a tin roof; painted the Batacca bus stop
For the office of John Fontaine, Project Manager for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Projects on the Carib Territory, constructed a picnic table
Ecuador
For National Park cleared invasive species and weeds from trails and the turtle reserve, restored /weatherized wooden steps to Las Tijeretas look-out; cleaned the Interpretive Center
For Ministry of Agriculture, using machetes, cleared local farmland and land owned by the Ministry of invasive plants (blackberry, guayaba, supirosa)
For Yunguilla village built a two-room cement addition to a house on the school's grounds where the school's resident teacher and her family live. Work included knocking down an existing wall, digging and laying the cement foundation and bricks for new rooms, installing windows and help putting on the metal roof.
For the Yunguilla Community Center, remodeled various parts and created a space for a kitchen. Tore down a wall, laid ceramic tile, painted doors and walls, installed windows, painted a mural, built a brick wall, poured concrete wall.
Organized and supervised a day camp for Yunguilla children, including art and English instruction classes
Vietnam
For the Thuy An Children's Center completed extensive renovation of the kitchen courtyard. Filled area with dirt and fill material to bring the courtyard level with the kitchen; cleared debris; demolished dilapidated pig pens to make way for construction of a kitchen staff changing room; graded the courtyard area with a layer of sand, mixed mortar and started to lay the courtyard tile. Local laborers will finish the tile work.
Participants developed an afternoon curriculum for the Center's children, a population including deaf, physically handicapped and mentally challenged. Curricula included teaching basic English, American songs and games, and playing games with students and other residents of the Center.