Sunday, May 24, 2009

Open for Business

Our work with water projects will be in partnership with Lance Whyle (San Antonio) and Living Water(Houston). Through a new NGO (non-governmental organization) established here in Tanzania, Ed and Lance will be up to their necks in water. There are so many aspects of the program, but one of the basic is the securing of pumps for installation. Lance works tirelessly in the US raising funds for drilling and the equipment to bring water to Tanzanians.

This past week, a container from India arrived in Dodoma bearing 100 pumps, pipe, and all the related equipment. It was a great day. We had been warned that these containers often sit in port for months on end and had been prepared for a long wait. Thanks to a wonderful shipping agent who sits with us on the Board of the NGO, the container sat in port only 2 weeks.

The container arrived from the coast on the bed of an "18 wheeler". Once the contents were removed, a crane was required to set the empty container in place.

 


Then everything was re-loaded.
 

 


We are now "open for business".
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