Habitat for Humanity El Salvador – 2008 Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action)

Sonsonate, El Salvador – 2008. The Habitat for Humanity Global Village project site is located on the outskirts of Sonsonate, El Salvador in a small village called Piedras Pachas. Sonsonate is a small city situated West of San Salvador. The Habitat Global Village Team was made up of twelve Canadians, mostly from Alberta, but with members from Ontario, Nova Scotia and BC. The build project was a blitz build of five houses on one site and was Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) Blitz Build which included a large number of local volunteers during the first week in December.
Local mason laying block, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Volcanoes viewed from the hill by the work site, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
The build site at the start of week 1. Preliminary work on including land clearing, footings and the start of block laying had been done before we arrived.…
The build site at the start of week 1. Preliminary work on including land clearing, footings and the start of block laying had been done before we arrived.…
Our Canadian Global Village Team, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Don Vicente – Father of the five family members who are getting the Habitat houses, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Myra, Jessica and the kids, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Emile, looking for trouble, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Build site – end of week 1, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
The local masons and helpers, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Don Vicente and his children who will be getting the new houses, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Week 2 starts with a full crew of local volunteers, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Instructions for mixing cement etc. Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
The old house used by one of the five families, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Week 2, Day 3 of the blitz build – more progress, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Welder at work. Note the use of sunglasses rather than a proper welding helmet, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Our night time guards – they each get US$6 for a 12 hour shift, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Friday and starting to lay the floor tiles, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Applying a sealer to the concrete blocks, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador
The Canadian team and some of the local volunteers, Habitat GV Build, Sonsonate, El Salvador