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Workshops and special events
Spurring creativity and imagination
Construction of the library
Groundbreaking
Peregrino Gris concert
Jorge de Bravo poetry reading
Talent Hour
Self-esteem workshop
Lecture on sustainable agriculture
Tenor Carlos Velasco
Peregrino Gris concert
Jorge de Bravo poetry reading
Talent Hour
Self-esteem workshop
Lecture on sustainable agriculture
Tenor Carlos Velasco
Carmen leads crochet workshop
Library farolito
Boy engaged in crafts
Face painting event
Carmen leads crochet workshop
Library farolito
Boy engaged in crafts
Face painting event
President of the building committee
Vianey, president of the building committee
Footings
Getting ready to pour footings, Dec. 2, 2006
Hand mixing cement
Hand mixing cement on a day without a mixer: Auxiliadora, Arnoldo and Victor
Children volunteers
Kids who showed up on a Saturday morning to cut strips of paper for names of Guayabo residents and donors -- to be placed in the library foundation
Pouring the foundation
Jan. 14, 2007, a big day: pouring of the foundation
Peace Corps volunteer pitches in
Guayabo's first Peace Corps volunteer, Kara, pitches in
Honoring all involved
Placing the box containing names of Guayabo villagers, donors and volunteers in the foundation
The home stretch
The home stretch, eight hours and counting without stopping, through hot sun and three rain showers
Floor completed
Floor of library and surrounding terrace completed, end of January, 2007
The crew at the end of the day
Mission accomplished -- at the end of the day both sunburned and soaked
Volunteer Linda Reinauer from FL
Linda Reinauer, donors and volunteers from Pensacola, Fl.
Custom-made ring tor the trusses
Custom-made ring tor the trusses
What a difference a crane makes!
What a difference a crane makes!
Jim Strange volunteering expertise
Precision: Jim Strange volunteering his expertise
Quitting time
Quitting time
Volunteers and Guayabo workers
Experiment in International Living volunteers and Guayabo workers
Structure completed
Structure completed
New Mexico volunteers
Emily and John Drabanski, volunteers from New Mexico, work alongside don Mariano sanding planks to border the tops of the walls
Kara adds color
Kara, former Peace Corps volunteer, adds color
Delivering load of sand via oxcart
Delivering load of sand via oxcart
Stone for the base
A truckload of stone for the base around the library
Hernan with back steps
Hernan with back steps
Balancing act.jpg
Taking shape.jpg
First door panel goes up..jpg
Kids lend a hand on the second coat
Kids lend a hand on the second coat
Reception furniture June 2010
Reception furniture June 2010
President of the building committee
Vianey, president of the building committee
Footings
Getting ready to pour footings, Dec. 2, 2006
Hand mixing cement
Hand mixing cement on a day without a mixer: Auxiliadora, Arnoldo and Victor
Children volunteers
Kids who showed up on a Saturday morning to cut strips of paper for names of Guayabo residents and donors -- to be placed in the library foundation
Pouring the foundation
Jan. 14, 2007, a big day: pouring of the foundation
Peace Corps volunteer pitches in
Guayabo's first Peace Corps volunteer, Kara, pitches in
Honoring all involved
Placing the box containing names of Guayabo villagers, donors and volunteers in the foundation
The home stretch
The home stretch, eight hours and counting without stopping, through hot sun and three rain showers
Floor completed
Floor of library and surrounding terrace completed, end of January, 2007
The crew at the end of the day
Mission accomplished -- at the end of the day both sunburned and soaked
Volunteer Linda Reinauer from FL
Linda Reinauer, donors and volunteers from Pensacola, Fl.
Custom-made ring tor the trusses
Custom-made ring tor the trusses
What a difference a crane makes!
What a difference a crane makes!
Jim Strange volunteering expertise
Precision: Jim Strange volunteering his expertise
Quitting time
Quitting time
Volunteers and Guayabo workers
Experiment in International Living volunteers and Guayabo workers
Structure completed
Structure completed
New Mexico volunteers
Emily and John Drabanski, volunteers from New Mexico, work alongside don Mariano sanding planks to border the tops of the walls
Kara adds color
Kara, former Peace Corps volunteer, adds color
Delivering load of sand via oxcart
Delivering load of sand via oxcart
Stone for the base
A truckload of stone for the base around the library
Hernan with back steps
Hernan with back steps
Balancing act.jpg
Taking shape.jpg
First door panel goes up..jpg
Kids lend a hand on the second coat
Kids lend a hand on the second coat
Reception furniture June 2010
Reception furniture June 2010
Costa Rican flag
Entry of the Costa Rican flag
Staking
Staking the site before groundbreaking on Nov. 11, 2006 (no transit necessary -- checking levels with water-filled transparent tube)
Guayabo folklore group
Guayabo folklore group performing, with primary school in background
Groundbreaking
A young volunteer
Removing a stone
Teamwork to remove a stone unearthed in the foundation trench
The rebar
Putting the rebar together for the foundation
Making rebar spacers
Dignora and Vianey making the spacers to attach to the rebar
The cement mixer
Unloading the cement mixer loaned by the Rio Lajas Hydroelectric Plant
Fuentes Gamboa family volunteers
Members of the Fuentes Gamboa family, volunteers from San Pablo de Tres Equis
All ages
All ages pitch in
Edwin
Edwin, right, who oversees construction
Placing rebar
Placing rebar - don Victor and his grandson Jónathan
Costa Rican flag
Entry of the Costa Rican flag
Staking
Staking the site before groundbreaking on Nov. 11, 2006 (no transit necessary -- checking levels with water-filled transparent tube)
Guayabo folklore group
Guayabo folklore group performing, with primary school in background
Groundbreaking
A young volunteer
Removing a stone
Teamwork to remove a stone unearthed in the foundation trench
The rebar
Putting the rebar together for the foundation
Making rebar spacers
Dignora and Vianey making the spacers to attach to the rebar
The cement mixer
Unloading the cement mixer loaned by the Rio Lajas Hydroelectric Plant
Fuentes Gamboa family volunteers
Members of the Fuentes Gamboa family, volunteers from San Pablo de Tres Equis
All ages
All ages pitch in
Edwin
Edwin, right, who oversees construction
Placing rebar
Placing rebar - don Victor and his grandson Jónathan
