Operation Lasstik Haiti

I was at Kevin Bs for supper last night and have been updated on the canal project up in Lasstik Haiti. It is an effort that can irrigate around a 1,500 acres of arid valley in central Haiti. The project is located in a canyon about a hour or so from Port-au-Prince. There was a underground pipe that ran up into a dam and ran a number of miles down to the valley. Well the flood waters and erosion buried the dam and the pipe through time. Now they have cut into the side of the hill to run a canal on a more even grade that will drop the water into the same pipe. This canal will have special features to take care of the silt. That is an article in itself. CSI a humanitarian organization has been running the project for the last number of years. Since the last hurricanes and devastation they have focused their attention to other areas of Haiti. They had hired local men to work for rice and later ordered a backhoe with jack hammer to aid the twenty to thirty men in the work. The CSI unit boys supervised the project. I was in Haiti for two weeks two years ago and was impressed with the effort. I have been keeping up with it here and there and now yesterday I was looking at detailed plans and photos of what is now going on. It is a worthy project that needs to be completed. I will keep you posted on what is going on there. A blasting survey is going to be conducted shortly to loosen up 5,000 cu yds of rock. Kevin B. is doing a lot of leg work in the states, Well Mr. Raymond W. is doing the work on the Haiti side. However it is possible that more help and support will be needed in February to put the prep work into action to get that water into that valley to allow the farmers to feed their people. If you feel you have something to contribute to this effort in any way let me know and I'll direct you to who you need to talk with. jonluketws@gmail.com