***This is a message from a member of Friends of Students for 60,000*** That will happen as i stated an English hydrologist is working with us.. Shari perhaps you can comment on how the meeting went in Managua mc Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2010, at 7:54 AM, billcpf@xxxxxxx wrote: > ***This is a message from a member of Friends of Students for > 60,000*** > > Water report sounds promising but we should still review the details > of supply and distribution systems or have competent local techs > look at them before we commit so much money. > - Bill > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: michael cipoletti <ikecip@xxxxxxx> > To: fsF60K@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Emily Sendin <esendin@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: kellystandford@xxxxxxxxx; Tyler Logigian <tlogigian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >; abbyfl57@xxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 1:22 pm > Subject: [fsf60k] Meeting in Telica > > > ***This is a message from a member of Friends of Students for > 60,000*** > > Good afternoon everyone. > Conchita Shari and I along with several of the students representing > our two > trips met with the mayor of Telica this morning at 9am. > The meeting went well. > The study is nearing completion and it is a thorough hydrological > studying being > done with the assistance of Andrew an English Hydrologist with many > years of > experience in Nicaragua. > The location of the well has been decided and it will be located in > Las Sirenas. > On the morning of Saturday March 27th we will have a meeting in > Nuevo with the > mayor and several other people of importance present to discuss the > project with > the people of Nuevo. > The mayor's office will be sending an email today explaining what > has been done > and how we will continue to proceed. > They stressed their desire to ensure the study is executed and > competed properly > and thoroughly so we can go through this process properly and solve > this issue > once and for all. > The mayor is going to be figuring out a way to allocate some money > to help with > the current crisis in Telica and we discussed at length various > methods to > ensure even distribution of the water to the 58 houses in Nuevo. > Conchita Shari and I left the meeting feeling very happy and we > really see this > project coming together. > I believe in the mayor of Telica and feel that they are sincerely > doing > everything they can to ensure clean potable water for the people of > the three > communities. > The mayor also stressed the importance of getting the people of > Nuevo involved > in the process and making them realize that this is not Friends/ > Students/Telica's > water project but the communities and they need to take ownership. > A coordinator fot the project has been appointed from the area but > from outside > of the 3 communities and he will be present at the meeting on the > 27th.. > This is happening!! > In two weeks we will begin to move forward! > Michael > > > *** > You can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to > fsf60k-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > An archive of messages is available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/fsf60k > . > FAQ'are available at //www.freelists.org/help/faq.html*** > > > > > > > *** > You can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to > fsf60k-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > An archive of messages is available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/fsf60k > . > FAQ'are available at //www.freelists.org/help/faq.html*** *** You can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to fsf60k-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. An archive of messages is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/fsf60k. FAQ'are available at //www.freelists.org/help/faq.html***