Caribbean

Hydromissions International - Water for the Thirsty in Jesus' Name   Christian world missions in the name of Jesus, the Living Water   Hand water well drilling rigs, pumps, filters, and appropriate technology equipment for world missions  World missions and water well drilling in Africa, India, Asia, Central America and beyond
Green, fair trade soap making for hygiene and micro enterprise   Donate to non-profit world missions organization for clean drinking water projects   Contact Hydromissions International via email, phone, mail or Skype   Links to Living Water, Life Water, and other Christian water well drilling missions organizations

Dominican Republic - Haiti

 

Dominican Republic
Map of Dominican Republic for hand water well drilling  Medical missions clinic area in Dominican Republic  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Poverty near medical missions clinic, Dominican Republic  Water well drilling rig in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Women and children often walk long distances in the Dominican Republic
 (click to enlarge)
 
The Dominican Republic was the site for our final testing of the EXP-50 "Explorer" Portable Hand Drilling System.  Brookwood Community Church has an ongoing outreach to the people west of Santo Domingo.  By partnering with a local church, Brookwood has been able to make a significant impact on the community of Las Brisas del Este.  Some of the projects have included building and equipping a permanent medical clinic and church facilities.  As for Hydromissions, this was a demo run - complete with its ups and downs.  We were not able to complete a successful well here, but part of our equipment (the cracking bit) was used to break through a cement wall to fix a major electrical hazard at the medical clinic.  Who says electricity and water don't mix?

 HydroLog:  1/11/04.   Location:  N 18˚ 28.687’, W 069˚ 50.407’, Elevation:  102 ft.  Suburban area with much previous construction debris.  Reddish, almost volcanic soil.  At 11 feet, coral was hit and drilling stopped.  Reports of possible drilling in the rural, interior regions of the country.  Reports of brackish water around island's perimeter.  (top)

 

Haiti
Map of Haiti for hand water well drilling  Drilling water wells by hand in Haiti
 (click to enlarge)
 

An EXP-50 was used by Dartmouth Evangel Pentecostal Church in Nova Scotia.  They are working in a remote, mountainous part of the country near the border of the Dominican Republic.  In May, 2006, Van Smith (one of our consultants) traveled with Hope for the Hungry to help with percussion drilling and cistern development.  They drilled at a school in Marothiere, located south of Port au Prince on the end of a very steep finger of land.  Limestone rock was evident.  This team was unable to hit water.

HydroLog:  6/13/06.  Location:  N 18°25.911'; W 72°14.690'.  Elevation: 4720 ft.  (top)