International TieLine NewsletterThe name of this newsletter, International TieLine, represents the ties between the United States and developing-world cooperatives. The Power of People: Helping HaitiA year after a devastating earthquake in Haiti, volunteer linemen traveled to Port-au-Prince to continue NRECA International's reconstruction efforts and train 102 local linemen. The Power of Change: GuatemalaIn 2008, volunteer linemen from the Georgia cooperatives went to the remote mountain region of Ixcan in Guatemala. Ixcan’s infrastructure had been devastated by the decades-long civil war that ravaged the country. Volunteers In Action: Sudan and BeyondAfter decades of civil war in Sudan, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in June 2005 provided NRECA International a contract in the southern region to help with the rebuilding efforts in the village of Yei. In FocusNRECA International published In Focus to highlight our programs around the world and illustrate the positive impact that electrification has had on the lives of people who have benefited from our projects. |