Phases of Operation

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Phase I---Completed April 2017

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I volunteered for Ecofaune in the following capacities:

• I spent nearly a month in the CAR, half of that time deep in lawless terrorist held territory in the northern part of the CAR on a wildlife survey and counter poaching operation

• I assisted Ecofaune in hiring 12 Rangers from the northern region of CAR

• I marked out a 1,500 foot long airstrip for Ecofaune.

• I facilitated for Ecofaune to hire villagers fro Idongo to build the airstrip, and to refurbish an old Professional Hunters camp to use as their new Forward Operating Base

• Opened up some of the old tracks

• Reestablished mineral licks to bring animals back to the area

 

Phase II—Completed May 2020

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• Completed the custom build of a new Piper PA-18 Super cub.(My wife and paid for 90+% of the build out of our own funds)

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 Phase III--- As Soon As Funds Become Available

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• Build an Orphans Home near the capital City of Bangui

  • Starting capacity will be 50 children with provision for immediate expansion

  • Provide three meals a day for each child

  • Provide sleeping accommodations, boys separated from girls

  • Provide medical treatment

  • Provide clean clothes

  • Provide clean water and sanitation facilities

  • Provide a Faith-Based education curriculum through high school

  • Provide vocational education curriculum for high-school aged children

  • This orphan’s home is where AWI will send child sex slaves and child solders that are rescued from terrorists until these children can be reunited with their families, if at all possible

  • There are an estimated 1,000+ orphans living on the streets of the capital city, Bangui, at this time.  AWI will invite these children for the orphan’s home.  

  • Total funds needed for Phase III, to build and operate the orphan’s home for one year: $750,000

 

 

Phase IV---As Soon As Funds Become Available

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• Counter Poaching, Child Rescue Operations​

• AWI’s has a new Piper PA-18 Super Cub that we will use in this mission.

• The Super Cub will be used for:

  • MEDIVAC operations for local villagers and injured Rangers (or a four hour flight to the hospital in Bangui a five day drive through lawless terrorist held territory with zero chance of making it)

  • Search & Rescue

  • Aerial Reconnaissance

  • Resupplying the Ranger Forward Operating Base

  • Wildlife Surveys

  • Transporting rescued children to a children's home (a four hour flight or a five day drive through lawless terrorist held territory with zero chance of making it)

• Establish and Implement Security Protocols in AWI’s Area of Operation

• Recruit and train 12 Rangers from the local area

• Conduct Counter Poaching and Child Rescue Operations

• Provide medical assistance to local villagers including emergency MEDIVAC with the Super Cub to the nearest hospital in Bangui.

• Total funds needed for the first year of operation for Phase IV: $1,750,000.   

 

 

Phase V---Starting November 2025--and continuing forward

 

• Water Well Drilling Program

  • Purchase a cable tool water well drilling rig, mounted on a 6x6 truck, in the USA and ship it, along with a support truck, to Doula, Cameroon where they will be driven 1,500 miles to AWI’s Area of Operation (AO) in the Central African Republic 

  • Implement a water well drilling program in AWI’s AO which will include teaching local villagers about good hygiene and proper sanitation to help avoid diseases, and how to operate the drill rig

  • Starting with the 10 villages in the immediate AO, drill water wells and install hand-operated well pumps.  The goal is to drill seven (7) water wells a year and install hand pumps

  • Expand this drilling program to other villages in the region 

  • Total funds needed for Phase V: $1,250,000