2017-2018:
We took on two cases.
Project 1: An elderly woman, widowed living with a daughter relying on handouts. They live in a house made of clay, straw, card, bamboo and tin with no water supply. The toilet is a hole in the ground. Nearest water source is some distance away. We decided to build them a brick house and provide a well. We intended to break the decades of daily poverty cycle of carrying water, and at times using dirty water; we intended to provide a home that did not need to be patched up with card and clay, was waterproof and gave decent sanitation.
Project 2: An elderly woman with a house near collapse. Her tin roof has several holes resulting in rain water seeping in. The wood holding the roof up is rotten and falling. Her home has no water source nor is there nearby water. We intended to provide a community well to reduce the distance she has to travel for water and roof tin replacement with new wood to keep the house standing and keep it water proof.
See project updates for completion pictures.
