The Chelsea Rotary Club has taken on a project to build a medical facility in Colombia South America to service a very poor region in the Colombian hills.  Information on the area and the project can be viewed by going to the following link;

http://picasaweb.google.com/iris.seri/ColombianProjectPresentation

Donations to help fund the project can be made to:

Rotary Club Of Chelsea

PO Box 505647
Chelsea, MA  02150-5647

COLOMBIA PROJECT PICTURES

View of village clinic will be located in

and location of clinic.

Site before ground preparation

Our own Juan Gallego preparing to lead the

mules loaded with building supplies up the

mountain trail to the village where the clinic

will located.  It is a 1 1/2 hour hike up the trail.

Loaded mule and guide making way up trail.

Mules carring materials to village.

Mules getting ready to return to base of trail

to pick up more supplies.  The 4 mules will make

1,200 trips up the mountain by time all the building

materials are delivered to the village.

Preliminary foundation work

Foundation work

Foundation work

Clinic setting in mountains

Local workers putting up walls

Wall workers taking break

Wall construction

Wall building progress

Jewelery made by locals.

Juan standing on deck under partially

completed roof.

Juan visiting with nurse.

Clinic with roof partially completed.

Preparing plaster for the walls

Plastered walls

Enterior deck

Colombian troops preparing to escort our own Madelyn and

other guests up trail to medical center for grand opening.

Guests, patients and dignitaries traveling on trail

to medical center for grand opening.

One of the bridges needed to be crossed to reach

medical center.

Nun entering new clinic.

Children treated at medial center during

grand opening.

Plaque on medical center.