4/18/2011
We are finally finishing up the construction of humble homes for people who were left homeless due to the typhoon and had no means to re-build.
We along with Catholic relief have completed over 800, and now we are finishing up the last few. It is all volunteer labor with the exception of a contractor/supervisor. It has demonstrated the spirit of cooperation and helpfulness. The project took place in a town called Ilagan in the nothereastern part of Luzon. The first picture is of the dancing policeman. At the main intersection of Ilagan they play peppy music and the cops dance as they conduct traffic. The second pictures is a home being built.
Next is an old couple in front of their completed home.
The fourth picture is a home that will be eventually taken down. Their new home is being constructed just below it with a view of the valley and a stand of palm trees. In this house is a 40 year old man who has been paralysed for 18 years. We saw him and he just lays there under a mosquito net on a bamboo bed. From what I can understand he suffered a stroke at 22 and can't move the lower half of his body. The skinny old lady in the pink shirt is his mother who takes care of him. She has no husband, and just one daughter, in the white shorts, to help her. The other people are just curious about the strange white people with a camera. We are providing the son a special wheelcahir and have requested the new house have a concrete slab in front with an overhang so he can at least sit and look out at the valley below. 
The last picture is the home of a family with 12 children. I guess they had no other place to go so they are living in the old house that is leaning so much. I imagine when ever the wind blows they get really nervous. We are building them a bigger house in front of their old one. Hopefully they will all fit.
We are finally finishing up the construction of humble homes for people who were left homeless due to the typhoon and had no means to re-build.
We along with Catholic relief have completed over 800, and now we are finishing up the last few. It is all volunteer labor with the exception of a contractor/supervisor. It has demonstrated the spirit of cooperation and helpfulness. The project took place in a town called Ilagan in the nothereastern part of Luzon. The first picture is of the dancing policeman. At the main intersection of Ilagan they play peppy music and the cops dance as they conduct traffic. The second pictures is a home being built.
Next is an old couple in front of their completed home.
The fourth picture is a home that will be eventually taken down. Their new home is being constructed just below it with a view of the valley and a stand of palm trees. In this house is a 40 year old man who has been paralysed for 18 years. We saw him and he just lays there under a mosquito net on a bamboo bed. From what I can understand he suffered a stroke at 22 and can't move the lower half of his body. The skinny old lady in the pink shirt is his mother who takes care of him. She has no husband, and just one daughter, in the white shorts, to help her. The other people are just curious about the strange white people with a camera. We are providing the son a special wheelcahir and have requested the new house have a concrete slab in front with an overhang so he can at least sit and look out at the valley below. 
The last picture is the home of a family with 12 children. I guess they had no other place to go so they are living in the old house that is leaning so much. I imagine when ever the wind blows they get really nervous. We are building them a bigger house in front of their old one. Hopefully they will all fit.
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