Last week-end Eryl, his brother Jhonser and some of their Coram Deo friends went out to Canaan to build their mother a temporary shelter.
I sent my camera along with the guys and asked them to take photos of the area and the building of the shelter.
Jn. Eddy did the organizing for the project, purchasing a parcel of land and getting the materials necessary to construct the shelter.
Jn. Eddy's mother lives near the land site for Eryl's mother.
Almost everyone leaving the refuge camps in Port-au-Prince is heading out to Canaan or Jerusalem. Some of the construction going up is of permanent structures like this partially buillt cement block house.
I think this picture is really neat. A church with a cross and the light concentrated on the cross. A powerful symbol for a christian to be a light for the world.
Rainy season is here and some of the streets are muddy.
This is the area where Eryl's mother will have a new home.
Some of the material needed to construct a tarp house.
First step is to prepare the site.
A view of Rte National #1. Cell phone towers and the recently paved road. Electricity runs along Rte. National but no infrastructure is in place in Canaan.
A new city formed after the earthquake. Thousands of families are settling at the base and on the hillsides.
A medical centre being constructed in Canaan.
A finished home is off to the left of the picture.
The site of a school that is being constructed in the area.
A construction crew pouring the foundation for a cement block home. Notice one of the guys is following proper construction procedures. He is wearing a safety helmet. He must be the construction supervisor :)
Eryl's mothers home is a basic shelter.. no hard hets necessary!
A view of the hillsides.
One day hopefully the government will provide infrastructure to the area.
A tarp wall/home off to the side of this picture.
The guys designed the roof first.
Then took a break from the hot sun. They found a shadier spot to rest.
A contrast between the different building styles in the area.
Eventually this area will be built up with all cement homes I think.
Tanya, Marlene and the other Angels to Haiti team members are part of our Coram Deo family. They provided the funds to purchase the plot of land for Eryl's mother and for materials.
The guys working on the roof structure.
It looks better when it is all constructed. A good starter home ;)
It was a good lesson in teamwork for the guys.
The guys used what they had to build with.
Everything was cut and trimmed with a machete or hand saw.
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