La Ribera & Santiago Albergues

In February a team of Club Rotario of Los Barriles members worked with local volunteers to install a UV filter, repair the pump and clean the pila for the water system serving the albergue in La Ribera. The team also constructed a cement covering for the filtration system and replaced a freezer serving the kitchen which had been a casualty of Hurricane Odile. The same team visited the worked with the director at the albergue in Santiagoto replace the water pump damaged in Hurricane Odile. Later the same month a team of La Ribera citizens teamed with Friends of Club Rotario to prepare the La Ribera girls albergue for painting. In March the Truckee California Rotary Club sent thirteen volunteers to paint the girls’ dormitory in La Ribera, and built and installed new lockers in the both boys’ and girls’ dormitories in Santiago. They additionally donated over $7,000 to cover the cost of materials as well as school supplies and sports equipment.