Health Kiosk- Start to Finish

Some of you know that for two months during my time here in Chile, I was simply waiting for the money to arrive so that the construction project could start.  During that time, I had ample time to dabble in various subjects, and was looking for things with which to fill my time.  A friend of mine works with the Cliffs Preserve (same company I work with) in a non-profit, community development role.  He had a project that was to provide two local schools with small kiosks that would sell healthy food to the children instead of chocolates and potato chips.  He asked me if I wanted to head up the project.  Thankful for something to do, I readily accepted.

I spent time learning AutoCad software and managed to put together the following design:

After I put the design together, it was time to build.  The first three days, we had group building, with the help of the workers here in thie Cliffs Preserve:

And then this week hit and it was time to turn in the Kiosks.  Esteban and I worked HARD and long.  Monday night, I worked from 10:30pm until 7:00am.  Tuesday night from 8:00pm until 11:30pm, and Wednesday night from 10:00pm until 4:30am.  Check out the sweet roof:

We turned them in on Thursday:

This was a GREAT project for me.  I'm gaining confidence in my skills to design and build things, my knowledge of new tools and machinery, and also the ability to delegate and lead teams to the completion of a project.