IT IS SO GOOD BEING BACK AT HOGAR DE NINOS. THE NEW DIRECTORS DAVID Y MARIANELA ARE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PREVIOUS WORK OUR CHURCH - BOTH ADULTS AND YOUTH HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE REST OF OUR GROUP. THE CHILDREN WERE VERY EXCITED WHEN AJ AND I ARRIVED AND CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT SUMMER.
I AM SENDING LOTS OF PHOTOS. MOSTLY TO SHOW YOU HOW THE WORK WE DID IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND ALSO TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE REALLLY BAD WEATHER THEY HAD LAST FALL. DURING THE RAINY SEASON THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOODING. BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS DORM FLOODED AS WELL AS THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE DINING HALL - BUT THAT WAS FROM ALL THE RAIN ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW PIPE THEY PUT IN JUST BELOW OUR STEEL AWNING ON THE DINING HALL. ADDITIONALLY, THEY HAD TO PUT CEMENT SIDEWALKS AROUND THE BACK AND SIDE OF BOTH DORMS TO HELP TO THAT THE MUD DIDN'T COME INSIDE AS MUCH. SOMETIME BEFORE THIS FALL THEY WILL NEED TO HIRE A BACKHOE TO MAKE A LARGER CANAL IN THE BACK OF THE DORMS TO TAKE THE WATER AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS.
DAVID HAS LOTS OF PLANS FOR THE HOME BUT IS STILL PRIORITIZING FOR PROJECTS FOR US NEXT SUMMER.
THE CHILDREN ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE CLOTHING WE BROUGHT DOWN FOR THEM. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED ITEMS.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVRE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE PHOTOS.
I WILL TRY TO SEND MORE, INCLUDING PHOTOS FROM THE RENOVATED OFFICE / STORAGE AREA. YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE IT.
UNTIL SOON - BARB Y AJ
MANUEL Y DIEGO
THIS IS THE STORAGE UNIT THAT USED TO BE NEXT TO THE DIRECTOR'S HOME. IT HAD TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF ALL THE FLOODING....IT IS NOW ON A CEMENT SLAB.
LAUNDRY ROOM CLEAN AND PAINTED
STEEL AWNING
PIPE USED TO GET WATER OFF ROOF OF DINING HALL
CEMENT BUILT BY CUMC AND ADDITIONAL CEMENT BUILT AFTER FLOOD FALL 2010.
SIDE OF BOYS DORM
SIDE OF GIRLS DORM NEXT TO BOYS DORM.
A FEW PART OF THE FENCE ARE STARTINGN TO LEAN AGAIN....FROM THE STORMS FALL 2010.
CLAUDIA ON RIGHT WITH AMIGA.
BACK OF GIRLS DORM.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE CHICKEN COOPE WENT! IT'S MUCH LARGER, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CHICKENS. I THINK THEY MUST HAVE EATEN THEM. WHEN WE ARRIVED, THEY WERE OUT OF RICE WITH NO MONEY TO BUY MORE, SO WE USED SOME OF THE MONEY DONATED TO HOGAR DE NINOS TO PURCHASE 40 KILOS OF RICE ALONG WITH AN 8 LITER PRESSURE COOKER TO COOK THE RICE - THE OTHER ONE BROKE - AND 8 SCHOOL BACK PACKS, TOILET PAPER, HAND SOAP AND LAUNDRY SOAP.
OUTSIDE OF GIRLS DORM. THE OUTSIDE PAINTING WE DID IS STILL GOOD FOR THIS SUMMER. NEXT SUMMER WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO DO MORE OUTSIDE PAINTING. THE INSIDE PAINT JOBS WE DID PROBABLY WON'T NEED TO BE DONE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.
THE MANGO TREE WE PLANTED SUMMER 2010 SURVIVED. YEAH.
LOOK WHO IS PEAKING HER HEAD AROUND CLAUDIA.....FERNANDA. SHE HAS GROWN.
FERNANDA
DINING HALL. WITH ALL THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENS DURING THE RAINY SEASON IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR THE CHILDREN TO HAVE THIS EXTRA SPACE FROM THE AWNING WE PROVIDED. I'M WONDERING IF AN AWNING AROUND OTHER BUILDINGS MIGHT ALSO BE SO BENEFICIAL??
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