San Pedro R.C. School gets new lighting courtesy of Project
New Horizons
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| Pictured above are the volunteers, from right
to left: Steven Duke, Everett Russell and Steven Gerhard
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The San Pedro Roman Catholic Primary School received help this last
Monday and Tuesday from volunteers of the US Air Force Reserve. Steven
Duke, Steven Gerhard and Everett Russell were the three volunteers from
the 919 Civil Engineer Squadron, who installed light fixtures in all the
class rooms of the primary school. The poorly lit classrooms were in
great need of new and additional light fixtures. The light fixtures
were salvaged from the Air Force Base in Panama and were donated to the
school. Both Gerhard and Russell are electricians and Duke works with an
insurance company.
Mr. Duke explains that the Air Force Reserve had been working six
weeks in Belize at the Stella Maris School where they built extra rooms;
and were sent here at the request of United States Ambassador George
Bruno who consulted with U.S. Warden Dr. Wil Lala concerning what the
school needed.
Three thirty man teams from various reserve groups work for a period
of two weeks in Belize at their assigned posts, described Mr. Duke. He
has also recently traveled with the Air Force Reserve to Honduras and
Equador where they built schools and to Bolivia where they built a
medical clinic.
The three men were flown to San Pedro by Tropic Air and stayed at
Caribbean Villas Hotel. The R.C. School provided their food.
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