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New Horizon Guyana 2009 scheduled for July 1

Jun 28, 2009 News

…to build 30X60 school for $250,000

 

Close to some 650 soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen are preparing to take part in New Horizons Guyana, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise, starting July 1.

This project is designed to strengthen ties with partner nations in Central and South America through combined quality-of-life improvement projects.

The Guyana leg of the New Horizon project is scheduled to last 75 days. It includes two major construction projects, one school to be remodeled and eight medical readiness training exercises in the vicinity of Georgetown, according to Mr. Chris Donovan, New Horizons (Guyana) lead planner at 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern).

All construction projects will be done in Georgetown, or in nearby suburbs and will take place simultaneously during the fast-paced exercise.

The first is a new school house in Bel Air to be used for teaching kindergarten-aged children. The $230,000 structure is 30 feet by 60 feet, consisting of a main classroom, kitchen, and bathrooms.

The second construction project will be a new clinic at La Penitence.

The $350,000 clinic structure will be 30 feet by 90 feet and will consist of four examination rooms, an office, a waiting room and bathroom. Since there is a shortage of doctors in the region, a “tele-medicine” capability is being added as well, allowing nurses in La Penitence to contact doctors in other areas via teleconference to receive diagnoses and prescription orders.

The third construction project is a renovation of a school constructed during a previous New Horizons mission. Both schools will be receiving new playground equipment as well.

The scope of planning for the $9 million exercise has taken 18 months to complete. To guarantee completion of all projects in the time allotted, Guyanese contractors have been hired to pour the concrete foundations early. By the time the first wave of personnel arrive, the concrete would have cured sufficiently to begin erecting the buildings.

Equipment and medical supplies are arriving by air and sea.

Task Force New Horizons will bring approximately 40 per cent of the equipment and building materials needed to complete all projects by September 15.

Since New Horizons started in the mid-1980’s, SOUTHCOM has built schools and community centers, dug wells, provided medical care, and constructed clinics year after year at the request of numerous countries in the spirit of co-operation and friendship.

All missions revolve around U.S. Southern Command’s ongoing commitment to theater security co-operation, and are requested by the host nation.

By sharing experiences, information, vital skills, tactics, and techniques, the United States builds partnerships with nations in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, strengthening friendships in a co-operative environment.

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