2010 West Coast Clinic Construction

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October 20th 2010

Published: October 24th 2010

As many of you know, I planned on doing several things with Project MARC while in Vanuatu this year. When I left the states this past July the number one item on that list was the construction of a Clinic/Dispensary on the West Coast of Espiritu Santo. In all honesty, I’d been trying to get this clinic built for the better part of the past 3 years. My hopes were high and it appeared that we fi... Read Full Entry

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Seamus O

Seamus

The current endeavor has me working as a director for a small humanitarian aid organization. Project MARC is a non-governmental organization that provides medical assistance to remote communities in island nations. The projects we do range from building clinics to installing water systems to vaccinating children. This website will serve as a log of my activities and will hopefully allow people to observe the projects while they happen. If you scroll down to some of last year's journal entries, you can see some of the places I've been privileged enough to visit. ... full info

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Departure

We managed to rope Andrew Toyne in on this delivery. Here's MARC Team #3

The Project MARC Hat Club

Here's most of Team #3

Bush Knife lessons

Andy opens his first pamplemouse

Kindy storage

We stored our supplies in the Kindy building during construction. They even put the roof on just for us!

Sharky Marky...

..takes a bread from sand hauling.

Local leaders

Jimmy Sano on the right is the Headmaster of the school and a very upstanding man in the community. Dr. G though he was the town tough guy at first glance, but I guess you could say he's both.

Weighing Anchor Luganville

Here we are getting ready to set sail. I think that I'd swam to tow the Pelican back to Alvei that very morning. What was I thinking?

Bow Watch

Nate eyes forward on the bow.

Morning loading.

Alvei Crew unloaded over a dozen tons of gear in a matter of hours onto local shore boats.

The Local muscle

Here's Captain Aki taking supplies onboard the big Linduri boat from Alvei

Salu Salu

The Alvei crew had a lot of hands to shake.

The inevitable PNG Pete

This was Pete's second year as Alvei Crew turned MARC volunteer. He stood in absence of the captain to receive thanks from the community.

Hauling it up

We had to move all the goods off the beach before sunset and the tide came back in.

Mixing it up

Jimmy on the left turns the cement with Albet the School Committee Chairman

Spel Smol

Dom takes a break with Salven Rosen and family

Nate takes off

It was sad to see him go, but the Gnome had to return to Phoenix.

Digicel Hill

After a two hour hike you can get cell reception

Patchin it up

The key to living in the bush is keeping all your little cut infections manageable.

Early morning hike.

The publicity tour for the vaccination campaign meant early morning departures so that we didn't bake in the sun on the black sands.

Lap Lap

Soooo much food.

Digging Foundations

Trenches were dug in a matter of hours. Rebar was formed in a day

27th October 2010

Marty O'Bryan
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A Double-Portion of Generosity
Thanks so much for this entry. Now I have a better understanding of the photos you sent. The communal effort in building the dispensary is wonderful. And, I'd love to meet Joseph Mape! m

30th October 2010

Leanne
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Well Done
Seamus, Frank, Andrew, You guys and the rest of the team are doing a great job. Well done. Cheers Leanne

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