Bermuda grass planted to protect the south end of the building
Lovely stone path and planted hillsides at the south end of the building.
Izzy installing drywall
The shower base is in!
Machado inspecting the kitchen area
Sue Henry is drilling holes for wiring
Ron and Sue Henry received Mr. Contreras' thanks as week 5 draws to a close
The building continues to take shape - the walls look great, Emily!
A view of terraces (1,2 and 3) and of the building from Avenue B.
Justina and Tessa in the concrete mixing line.
Sue and Megan measure out the cement.
Megan waits for buckets to fill with cement.
Elizabeth and Catherine fill buckets with gravel.
Elizabeth and Catherine
More gravel!
Foocks has concrete ready for Emmanuel.
Rome fills the boogies.
Thabang, John, Pierre, Contreras and Jain wait for another boogie of concrete.
Here come the boogies.
Moving the concrete down the chute.
Thabang pours concrete from the boogie into the chute.
Jain makes the 3rd terrace wall perfect.
Jain demonstrates how to make the top smooth.
Jain with her wall.
Tessa wears dirt well.
Rome and Ron try to figure out what to do about some misplaced rebar. They decided to push it over and throw some nails in the hole to hold it in place. Construction, Peru style.
Michelle and Barb on the ladders they grew to love.
Michelle and Megan take a measurement.
A brand new chop saw. YAY! But wait, it doesn't work. BOO!"Ron, can you fix this please?" Which he did but the saw had a disturbing delayed start from then on.
Barb and Michelle take a dance break.
Boogie on, Michelle!
Izzy puts in blocking on the bathroom wall
Sue works on conduit for the electricity.
Break time. Looking out the day care windows.
Kathy, Emily and Izzy take a break.
Tessa and Emily work on blocks outside while Barb beautifies them on the inside.
Susan beautifies the wall
Sister Catherine beautifies the wall
Tessa approves of Pierre's wall.
Pierre's wall, day 3 or 4.
Terri
Removing the forms from the 3rd terrace wall.
Megan
Emmanuel takes a moment to strike a pose.
Foocks.
John
Thabang
Henry sings for the workers.
Sofia and Naomi
On the way back from La Playa Chica. Ron, Foocks, Tessa, John, Mickey and Megan.
Mickey pulls everyone up the sand hill.
Megan helping to disasseble the forms
Rome and Ron inspect the form and rebar pre-pour
Sue and Ron sitting on terrace 3!
The newly painted playground is a hit.
Volunteers and locals enjoy Playa Chica
Thursday, week 5: collecting large rocks from the area for building the garden wall.
Thursday week 5: Henri at work building the rock wall.
Thursday, week 5: the Lesotho volunteers bstack all the wallboard inside the structure.
Thursday week 5: the carpenters have made rapid progress in framing the walls for shower, washroom, and bathrooms.
Thursday, week 5: Emily and her team begin course 10 of the concrete blocks.
Thursday, week 5: The people of SFA have done a great job cleaning up the lot in front of the community center.
Thursday, week 5: nearly ready to pour the third terrace wall
Sunday, week 5: the path is gravelled and the sand behind the community center has been seeded and covered with top soil.
Sunday, week 5: the retaining wall outside the east side of the center has been completed and the sand behind it top soiled and seeded for grass.
Sunday, week 5: Barb B and Michelle frame out a pass-through from kitchen to dining room.
Sunday, week 5: Izzy at work reinforcing the framing and Tom Glenn helping Emily finish course 11.
Sunday, week 5: the workshop set-up inside the center. Barb B and Michelle work on framing the walls with Barb G looking on.
Sunday, week 5: Pierre and Rome taping and mudding one of the bathrooms.
Sunday week 5: Machado working on wiring and plumbing in the bathrooms.
End of the day on Sunday, week 5. Emily sets the corner blocks for course 12.
A street in San Francisco de Asis.
Justina and John doing laundry, with the children clustered round. In the foreground is the sign with the "recipe" for both concrete and mortar.
Fishing boats in Ancon harbour.
Pelicans on the roof of one of the harbour shacks. The hotels of Ancon and greenery of the town contrast sharply with the hill of sand behind.
The promenade along the waterfront in Ancon.
