Goal for 2020

Our 2020 Goal is to dig a deep well in our pilot community of Virginia. Our Clean Water program is our most ambitious project to-date !Clean Water Program Step 1- Approximately $3,000 to survey for ground water so we know where to drill the well : RAISED, THANK YOU !!!!Step 2 : Approximately $15,000 to drill the …

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A Suitcase Of Water Filters by Allen Oertel

  A suitcase full of water filters. Little brown smiling faces. Bad roads. Market day in Chisec. Heat and humidity. Apple flavored soda. A room full of blank stares. Stacks of buckets. Really bad roads. Grateful faces. Good Karma. These are just a few random thoughts which sum up our recent Guatemala experience. During our …

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WORKS TO REPAIR SCHOOL IN GUATEMALA

On May 26th, MSPP President Terri Cranmer, MSPP engineers and Spanish Language students from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri set out on a trip that would change their lives and the lives of the 122 students that attend the primary school in the community of Virginia in Guatemala. The students and two faculty members from …

Local High School Groups help MSPP

While MSPP engineers have been working hard to get the School Roofing  Projects  final detail complete , area high school students have been doing their part as well. Students from Alton High Schools Food and Nutrition class and  Alton Marquette Catholic High School student body and their Cultural Awareness Club have been  collecting school supplies …

MSPP and Westminster College Students Upcoming May 2017 Trip

We are very excited to announce the implementation of our School Roofing Project! MSPP Engineers Tyler Bick and Allen Oertel and President Terri Cranmer are traveling with students and instructors from Westminster College to the community of Virginia in Guatemala. The community has asked us to help with repairs to their school. The school currently …

MUSTARD SEED PEACE PROJECTS WATER PROGRAM EXPANDS

In 2013, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE) signed a partnership agreement with the community of Virginia in Guatemala to help them find a solution to the water issues that plague their community. The lack of clean drinking water causes illness and sometimes death in small children. Since their initial trip in 2013, SIUE students and …

MSPP WELCOMES NEW ENGINEERING ADVISORY TEAM

MSPP would like to welcome our new Engineering Advisory Committee. This group of 6 dedicated engineers has volunteered their services to MSPP to advise us and to help us move our projects forward in the most efficient ways. Thanks to Allen Oertel, Roy Wall, Tyler Bick, Christopher Parrish, Wes Haug and Julian Chastain. MSPP appreciates …

REPAIRS SLATED FOR SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA

In August MSPP director, Terri Cranmer traveled to Guatemala with two members of the MSPP Engineering Advisory Committee, Roy Wall and Tyler Bick. The purpose of the trip was to assess the repairs needed for the primary school in Virginia. After meeting with the school board, taking lots of measurements and photos the engineers began …

Look to the Future, Guatemala

With two water projects in place in Guatemala you would think that was enough to keep us busy! But on her last trip to Guatemala our president, Terri met with the communities of Virginia and Las Mojarras to help them identify other projects that they might need help with. In Virginia, we revisited two different …

Welcome Back Senor Ruben!

MSPP would like to once again welcome our friend Senor Ruben Dario Gomez Gonzalez back to the region. For the past three years, Senor Gomez has been visiting the U.S. during the month of September. Visiting with local universities, colleges, schools and libraries, he shares the stories of his life, his culture and his country …