On Tuesday, 11/14, the team was back in Batraja to finish building meter loops. We were met with a scorcher – barely any cloud cover, and our afternoon showers have gone elsewhere, leaving us with extremely hot and humid conditions. By early afternoon, every single meter loop was completed in the village, which will eventually bring power to over 50 homes when we energize their community later this week. One of our crews even found some little helpers along the way who stopped by to see what we were up to.
CoServ’s Chris DeRemer drilling a hole with a local helper
Once the meter loops were completed, the team loaded up and headed to the first village we visited, Jerico. The people of Jerico were once again so excited to see us arrive, and came out to greet us. We quickly began distributing materials and got right to work building meter loops for these homes. A town meeting was called by representatives from the local utility company to begin passing out the actual meters to the residents for their homes.
Crew about to start work on a meter loop
We have made some amazing progress so far in our time here in Bolivia, and have had quite an experience. With 2 and half days to go, we can’t wait to finish the job and celebrate Friday evening with everyone when we energize their villages for the very first time!
PEC’s Andy Ridge letting some local children take a look at some of the tools used for the job
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Electrify Bolivia 11/14/2017
After nearly two full weeks of long days, hot temperatures, and great deal of hard teamwork, the Texas team completed all of the clean up work on Friday morning, 11/17. After that, we all headed back to Puerto Rico to take the afternoon to relax before the big inauguration ceremony in San Antonio del Matty. […]
On Thursday, 11/16, our team headed back out to San Antonio del Matty for our final full day of work. We finished building all of the meter loops for all of the homes, and began cleaning up some odds and ends around the village. From there, one crew headed back to Jerico to finish some […]
On Wednesday, 11/15, the team headed back to Jerico to finish building the last few meter loops in the village. By mid-morning we completed every meter loop in the village and made our way to the third and final village, San Antonio del Matty. We started building meter loops in San Antonio and by the […]
On Tuesday, 11/14, the team was back in Batraja to finish building meter loops. We were met with a scorcher – barely any cloud cover, and our afternoon showers have gone elsewhere, leaving us with extremely hot and humid conditions. By early afternoon, every single meter loop was completed in the village, which will eventually bring […]
After a long first week of travel and hard work, the team took Sunday, 11/12, off to relax. One of our translators, Angie, surprised the group with a fishing trip up the local river, courtesy of the Bolivian River Navy. On the way back, the motor suddenly gave out, and the group had to paddle […]
On Saturday, 11/12, our team began work in the 3rd village of San Antonio del Matty. Similar to the village of Jerico, the village is smaller, however, the people of San Antonio were extremely friendly and welcoming of our team. Before we were able to step off the bus, many locals were already on their […]
On Friday, 11/10, our crew was back at work again in the village of Batraja. There was heavy rain early on, but thankfully, it let up right as we arrived and began preparing for the day. The team was able to finish hanging all of the secondary electric wire throughout the town before calling it […]
On Thursday, 11/9, our team headed back to Batraja to begin work in the village. Batraja is the largest of the three villages we will be working in on this trip. Today we were met by one of the directors of the government run electric utility, who was very grateful for the work we will […]
After a good breakfast, the Mayor of Puerto Rico, Bolivia arrived to greet us and thank us for all of the work we will be doing here for his people. Our team was off to a great start today as we embarked on our first full day of work. We arrived in the village of […]
Earlier today, Mid-South Synergy sent a group of 5 to the Department of Pando, Bolivia for an electrification project in rural villages in this region. We are extremely proud of our men who volunteered to to lead this project, partnering with 5 other electric cooperatives from Texas. All together, the Bolivia team is made up […]
