GONAIVES, Haiti (March 10, 2005) -- Navy Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Dave Fliesen (a native of Milwaukee, Wis. and a current resident of Virginia Beach, Va.), left, videotapes the work project at Ecole N.D. de la Nativite, in Gonaives, Haiti. He turned the viewing screen around backwards so that children from the school could see what he was photographing as it happened. The U.S. Navy Seabees are constructing a new school building near the site of the school which was damaged in the flooding following the hurricanes of 2004. Flood waters were more than 12 feet deep at this location. The U.S. Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard are contributing to New Horizons, a three-month humanitarian and civic assistance project in Haiti sponsored by Commander U.S. Southern Command. The Task Force conducting New Horizons will build three school houses, drill three potable water wells and conduct free health clinics. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Roger S. Duncan, Fleet Combat Camera, Atlantic.
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