Biblioteca Nueva Esperanza

Hello to all, I am writing to you from Berkshire County Massachusetts. I spent the first part of February in Guaimaca driving the ambulance and finishing the constuction on the building. We had a really nice celebration to conclude the second vacation school. The floor was done and the pianos and violins sounded great.

The new school year started(Sonrisa is in 9th grade) and the library extention was put to use right away. I did ten trips to the hospital with the LandCruiser Ambulance and had a few uncomfortable clashes with the personnel running that so called hospital. Guaimaca donated the land to a organization from Atlanta, Ga., with the expectation that they were going to build a hospital to help the people of Guaimaca and the surrounding area.

At some point this group from Atlanta, changed their minds and are now charging more than many can afford to pay and they got rid of their ambulances becuase they were loosing too much money. This leaves us as the only ambulance service in town. Many of February’s patients were not able to pay the $50 fuel cost. In the past we were able to cover some of these trips but our funds got to the point that we really had to get money before taking patients to Tegucigalpa.

Now that the major constuction is behind us for the time being, we can operate the center and take people to the hospital regardless of their financial condition for about $500 a month. Could you help us by sponsoring one month? Why am I in Massachusetts? I am loading another container. The Catholic Church in Guaimaca is being run by the diocese of Fall River Ma. and I am helping them fill a container here in West Stockbridge, Ma. next week.

I am going to get a chance to ship some of the things I didn’t get into the container the last time, plus some more computers, dental chairs and what ever else I can find to ship. If you some ideas about things to donate or if you are able to help with some of the costs of this shipment please contact me through this site or call me at 413 637 2169. thank you again for your interest in this great project. eddie