--- title: Pardon Our Dust! The Construction of GB Panama's New Compound - Global Brigades Blog description: Global Brigades Panama is going through some big and exciting changes this year, and we want to keep you in the loop on our growth. As brigade numbers rise, the programs in Panama can expand the depth of services and the number of communities we are able to work with. However, we can not physically […] image: https://blog.globalbrigades.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CAM-HECTOR-cerca-final_00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-46-22-PM.jpg --- [![Global_Brigades_logo_blue_gray_primary-3](https://blog.globalbrigades.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Global_Brigades_logo_blue_gray_primary-3.png?width=189&height=74&name=Global_Brigades_logo_blue_gray_primary-3.png "Global_Brigades_logo_blue_gray_primary-3")](https://www.globalbrigades.org/) - [CONTACT US](https://www.globalbrigades.org/get-involved/) - [CONTACT US](https://www.globalbrigades.org/get-involved/) ![Pardon Our Dust! The Construction of GB Panama’s New Compound](https://blog.globalbrigades.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CAM-HECTOR-cerca-final_00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-46-22-PM.jpg) Nov 1, 2012, 10:04:18 AM | # Pardon Our Dust! The Construction of GB Panama’s New Compound Global Brigades Panama is going through some big and exciting changes this year, and we want to keep you in the loop on our growth. As brigade numbers rise, the programs in Panama can expand the depth of services and the number of communities we are able to work with. However, we can not physically \[…\] Share - [mailto:?&subject=Pardon%20Our%20Dust!%20The%20Construction%20of%20GB%20Panama’s%20New%20Compound&body=Pardon%20Our%20Dust!%20The%20Construction%20of%20GB%20Panama’s%20New%20Compound%0A(https%3A%2F%2Fblog.globalbrigades.org%2Fpardon-our-dust-the-construction-of-gb-panamas-new-compound)](mailto:?&subject=Pardon%20Our%20Dust!%20The%20Construction%20of%20GB%20Panama’s%20New%20Compound&body=Pardon%20Our%20Dust!%20The%20Construction%20of%20GB%20Panama’s%20New%20Compound%0A(https%3A%2F%2Fblog.globalbrigades.org%2Fpardon-our-dust-the-construction-of-gb-panamas-new-compound)) - - - [![](https://blog.globalbrigades.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CAM-HECTOR-cerca-final_00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-46-22-PM.jpg?width=409&height=273&name=CAM-HECTOR-cerca-final_00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-46-22-PM.jpg "CAM HECTOR -cerca-final_00000")](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)Global Brigades Panama is going through some big and exciting changes this year, and we want to keep you in the loop on our growth. As brigade numbers rise, the programs in Panama can expand the depth of services and the number of communities we are able to work with. However, we can not physically accommodate this growth without building additional lodging facilities in our region of focus. After years of using other organization’s facilities to house brigade volunteers, it is high time for Global Brigades Panama to have a compound of our very own. This last August, we broke ground on the new facility and it is expected to be completed in **April of 2013!** The new compound was designed by Global Brigades very own Gabriela Valencia and Hector Saavedra. Gabriela, the Executive Director of GB Panama, and her husband Hector spent months designing and perfecting the layout of the new compound, and can not wait to see it in use as soon as possible! In the meantime, we must ask that you “pardon our dust” as progress on the new facility continues. The Panama team is working [![](https://blog.globalbrigades.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CAM-area-recreo-final-shadows_00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-47-09-PM.jpg?width=409&height=173&name=CAM-area-recreo-final-shadows_00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-47-09-PM.jpg "CAM-area recreo final shadows_00000")](https://blog.globalbrigades.org/2012/11/01/pardon-our-dust-the-construction-of-gb-panamas-new-compound/cam-area-recreo-final-shadows_00000/)very hard to provide enough accommodations for another busy brigade season this winter. We are hoping that this is one of our last seasons experiencing such logistical growing pains. We hope that you will join in our excitement for Panama’s expansion, and bear with us during this transition period. If you or your chapter would like to make a donation to Global Brigades Panama to support the construction of the new compound, please follow this link: [http://www.empowered.org/A-Compound-for-GB-Panama](http://www.empowered.org/A-Compound-for-GB-Panama). With a donation of $1000 or more, GB will name a room in the new compound after you or your chapter! As always, thank you for your support*.* *To learn more about Panama’s expansion, contact your Program Advisor or Solomiya Teterichko, the Advisor Manager for GB Panama, at [solomiya@globalbrigades.org](mailto:solomiya@globalbrigades.org).* ![](https://blog.globalbrigades.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CAM-COMEDOR__00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-47-79-PM.jpg?width=436&height=273&name=CAM-COMEDOR__00000-Nov-01-2021-09-39-47-79-PM.jpg "CAM-COMEDOR_00000") ### Written By: Global Brigades Every brigade, project, and local partnership fits within this framework, ensuring short-term interventions are an essential part of longer-term, community-led progress. It’s all designed to work together, immediate support, fueling sustainable systems change. ## You May Also Like ### [![Pardon Our Dust! 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