The Power of International Connections: A conversation with Phil Carson
Miguel Castedo, CRE board president presents Phil Carson, NRECA board president, with a plaque to commemorate NRECA’s 75th anniversary
Miguel Castedo, CRE board president welcomes Phil Carson, NRECA board president, and Duane Noland, AIEC president and CEO to his office in Santa Cruz
Matt Eisinger, AIEC safety instructor, Duane Noland, AIEC president, Phil Carson, NRECA board president and Fernando Haderspock from CRE pose with school students and teacher
Phil Carson, NRECA board president, greets a schoolteacher
Honored guests from Bolivia and America, being serenaded by school children at the lighting celebration.
A panaromic view of the mountainous and challenging terrain in the region where the linemen from Illinois worked while in Bolivia.
Lineman Troy Shafer from Illinois going over work with Santos Paredes, CRE, during a break.
Linemen Shannon Davis and Kurt Krohmer take a break from the heat after a hard day of work.
And we have light: A newly installed lightbulb hangs under the eaves of a school that now has electricity.
Illinois lineman Eric Dewitt gets to know some villagers, who will be getting electricity for the first time, and shows off the slingshot he just bought from them.
Creating a clear path for power lines in a densely forested area.
After lunch, the team goes over the afternoon work schedule.
Band of brothers and a few sisters: Linemen from Bolivia and Illinois pose for a photo, along with Duane Noland AIEC president and CEO, Miguel Castedo, CRE board president, and NRECA board president Phil Carson.
Hooks could not be used on concrete poles; an Illinois volunteer lineman prepares a pole for power lines.
Duane Noland (right), Association for Illinois Electric Cooperatives president and CEO, says hello to the teacher from one of the schools.
Fernando Ghetti with NRECA International (center) going over staking sheet with the volunteers at the start of the work day.
La Negra, one of the two schools that received electricity.
The team on the work site by the school that would soon receive electricity.
Matt Eisenmenger, AIEC safety instructor, shares details from the work done to Fernando Haderspock from CRE, Phil Carson, NRECA Board President, and Duane Noland, AIEC president and CEO.
The team inspecting a newly installed meter.
Linemen at work on a dusty hot road.
A student wearing his hardhat gift, in his school which now has electricity.
Bolivian lineman, Carlos Giacoman finds common ground by a fist bump with Illinois Lineman Tim Baker during a break.
Illinois linemen Shannon Davis and Kurt Krohmer steady the conductor on hilly terrain as the lineman on the pole gets ready to cut it. Ryan Little faces the three Bolivian linemen.
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PublishedMay 17, 2017