Images of 2006 Minnesota Electrical linesmen trip to Pignon, Haiti to further establish the first electrical co-op. This project is being done by NRECA, the National Rural Electric Co-ops of American, in particular thier international foundation. The Pignon Co-op has received numerous gifts from all over the U.S. to provide 4 hours of electricity each evening. We are hoping to get more line up this week and allow 200 more homes to be connected.
Chartered flight with Carribintair touches down on Pignon's dirt airstrip. It's a 25 minute flight from the capital city of Port au Prince but if taken by car would take at least 8 hours.
Chartered flight with Carribintair touches down on Pignon's dirt airstrip. It's a 25 minute flight from the capital city of Port au Prince but if taken by car would take at least 8 hours.