Two-story white house with parked SUVs

Sunday March 6th at our lodging northeast of Port-au-Prince, Heartline Guesthouse.

Passengers boarding small red and white propeller plane

Heading to the MAF plane.

Vehicle interior loaded with solar panels

Our cargo.

Turboprop plane parked on grassy airstrip

Arrival at the airstrip in Jeremie.

Group of people with luggage outside blue building
Dirt path beside rural cinderblock building

Arrival at our project site at Caracoli Church.

People loading white pickup truck near ocean
People carrying suitcases uphill on dirt road
Worker plastering rural concrete house under construction

The new radio station building under construction.

Panoramic ocean view from hillside with rooftop

Rooftop view.

Smiling person climbing ladder holding hammer
Cinder blocks with wet concrete and pipe

Got the tower base formed and poured right away.

Workers constructing concrete building with red doors
Group of people eating dinner at long table

First evening meal at our Guesthouse at Place Charmant.

Small pool with palm trees and ocean view

The pool at Place Charmant.

Workers carrying metal tower truss outside

Tuesday morning---the tower pieces come out.

Workers assembling metal tower near banana trees
Worker holding trowel in doorway of unfinished building

Mason Boss

Three workers lifting ladder on concrete roof

Getting ready to set the first section.

Concrete rooftop with parallel steel beams

Installation of the solar panel rails.

Workers carrying ladder on rooftop amid trees
Volunteers building wooden ramp on dirt slope

Applying 'poison' to the wood to keep the termites away.

Workers installing metal pole on concrete roof
Workers securing ladder against rooftop

Lifting the first section up on the roof.

Crew installing antenna tower on oceanfront rooftop

Setting the first tower section in place.

Men installing radio antenna on building roof
Rural building with communications tower and workers
Workers building rural concrete restroom facility
Coastal view through rustic stone window

View from inside Caracoli Church.

Rural hillside buildings with metal antenna tower

Site view of Caracoli Church and new transmitter building.

Two men working on wooden board outdoors

Cutting wood for transmitter room table.

Two smiling boys outdoors in colorful shirts

A couple of the neighborhood kids.

People working outside rural stone building

Wednesday morning was a busy time on the work site.

Woman prying exterior wall with crowbar
Man wearing straw hat using grinder on wood

Working on the future table top.

Three men installing electrical equipment in room

Checking out the crimping tool.

Person using power drill on interior concrete wall

Trying her hand at drilling.

Tall guyed radio tower beside rooftop

Wednesday afternoon view of the tower.

Men working on building with red doors

Delivering the batteries.

Workers installing electrical box at doorway
Row of red batteries on wooden shelf
Two men in lumber yard

Making a stop at the lumber yard for some material.

Workers carrying lumber in open storage shed
Two construction workers pouring concrete on rooftop

Building the parapet wall.

Close-up brown lizard on white stone

More images coming soon!

March 6 - 14, 2016

We partnered with the MEBSH church at Caracoli, located on the side of the hill, south in the suburbs of Jeremie. There we had a new building erected to house a relocated Radio Lumiere station. A new tower and antenna installation, along with rooftop solar panels to power the station provided for reliable transmission of programs without the cost and inconsistency of electric power (not to mention the tremendous cost that would have been incurred to bring electric up the hill from town).