We recently had a team here from Virginia. They were an fun bunch and some real hard workers. They had a really neat story about how they just found Kids Alive on the internet, decided to come on a work trip and they all became child sponsors before coming so that they could visit their kids while they were here. It is such a cool thing. Upon their arrival it became apparent that we had a housing need in Manchay with one of the ladies in our program. She had a building lot but could not afford a house for herself but more importantly her two sons and another baby on the way. This team graciously gave of their time to level the property and build her a modest home where she can raise her kids.
A few weeks ago we had another visit from a couple of young ladies from Ontario. They had raised money through various means and had come here to help with some housing needs. In the photo above, you can see the house that we tore down and replaced with newer, more weather resistant materials. This was the home of a single mom with her two sons.
The team from Virginia, besides building the house in Manchay, also poured a concrete slab for our new laundry building and started the brick work on it, and sanded and repainted the poles from the lights around the sports court. They also started our bbq at the Juniper Tree home as seen above. We hope that this bbq will enable us to take advantage of some of the animals that we are raising for food and can be the center of many fun activities in the future.
We recently had a team here from Virginia. They were an fun bunch and some real hard workers. They had a really neat story about how they just found Kids Alive on the internet, decided to come on a work trip and they all became child sponsors before coming so that they could visit their kids while they were here. It is such a cool thing. Upon their arrival it became apparent that we had a housing need in Manchay with one of the ladies in our program. She had a building lot but could not afford a house for herself but more importantly her two sons and another baby on the way. This team graciously gave of their time to level the property and build her a modest home where she can raise her kids.
A few weeks ago we had another visit from a couple of young ladies from Ontario. They had raised money through various means and had come here to help with some housing needs. In the photo above, you can see the house that we tore down and replaced with newer, more weather resistant materials. This was the home of a single mom with her two sons.
The team from Virginia, besides building the house in Manchay, also poured a concrete slab for our new laundry building and started the brick work on it, and sanded and repainted the poles from the lights around the sports court. They also started our bbq at the Juniper Tree home as seen above. We hope that this bbq will enable us to take advantage of some of the animals that we are raising for food and can be the center of many fun activities in the future.
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