Thank you to National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) for their generous support of this project.
Billy, the lineman’s “assistant”
Ten-year-old Billy watched intently as the linemen wired his home, where he lives with his family, which includes two brothers and two half-sisters.
As the linemen prepared to move on to wire the next home, they found Billy tagging along. He quickly became a great assistant, grabbing a tool, holding a ladder, fetching a part — whatever the crew needed. And he’s tagged along to each home they’ve wired since. He’s become their little assistant.
Travel, tackling challenges and the trust of a better tomorrow
Electric cooperatives to power developing region of Guatemala
Sixteen Indiana electric cooperative lineworkers will travel to Guatemala in late January as part of an international initiative to bring electricity to a developing area in Guatemala.
“Project Indiana: Empowering Global Communities for a Better Tomorrow” will bring electricity to a part of the Central American country where none is available. The crew will spend January 29 through February 15 extending electric infrastructure in the village of Palmira, a mountainous area along the western edge of Guatemala. When completed, approximately 109 homes will have electricity for the first time.