After two weeks in the dusty, southwest corner of Angola helping to electrify a remote maternity hospital, Alex Alcantara was full of emotion as his "unbelievable trip" came to an end.
"I missed my family to death, but I miss those people I had the honor of serving in Angola as well," the New York Local 3 journeyman wireman said on social media, where he'd been posting videos every couple of days.
"I can't get that out of my head and my heart," he wrote, all caps. "I have way too much. Material things don't matter any longer. Humanity, friendship, love, health… that's my goal for a better world for all."
Alcantara, who goes by "Archie," traveled to Angola with fellow Local 3 journeyman Lou Alvarez last summer to work with Italian electricians on a solar array to power Chiulo Hospital, the only medical facility of its kind for hundreds of kilometers. FULL ARTICLE BY CLICKING HERE (The Electrical Worker Online).
