Habitat for Humanity El Salvador – 2011 Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) House No. 2

Guadalupe, El Salvador – 2011. This Habitat build project was Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build consisting of six houses in Guadalupe which is a small village located east of San Salvador near the city of San Vicente. Our team was on site for two weeks. During the first week we did preparation work for the blitz build. The second week was the actual Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build which saw the of addition many local volunteers from schools, churches and interested other groups. These photos are of House No. 2 which progressed much faster than all the other houses because it was the “Show House” and had to be as complete as possible for the handover ceremony at the end of the Blitz build.
House 2 on our first day. The footings and 7 courses of blocks had been completed before we arrived at the 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción…
Smoothing the blocks and joints (with a piece of block) to prepare them for painting. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz…
House 2 near the end of our first day at the build site. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El…
House 2 near the end of our first day at the build site. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El…
The Incredible Hulk guarding House 2 - 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El Salvador
House 2 progressed much faster than all the other houses. It was the “Show House” and had to be as complete as possible for the handover ceremony at the end of…
House 2 progressed much faster than all the other houses. It was the “Show House” and had to be as complete as possible for the handover ceremony at the end of…
Except for the footing where a mechanical mixer was used, the mixing of concrete and mortar was done manually. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción…
Filling in the vertical joints between the blocks. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El Salvado
Filling in the vertical joints between the blocks. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El Salvado
Laying out the mortar for the horizontal joints. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El Salvador
House 2 progressed much faster than all the other houses. It was the “Show House” and had to be as complete as possible for the handover ceremony at the end of…
The street in front of house 2 - 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El Salvado
Working on the gables on House 2 on Friday of our first week. Only one final course of blocks after this. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción…
Working on the gables on House 2 on Friday of our first week. Only one final course of blocks after this. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción…
Start of week two – over the weekend the block work was finished by the Habitat hired masons and the roof put on by an outside contractor. 2011 Habitat El…
Start of week two – over the weekend the block work was finished by the Habitat hired masons and the roof put on by an outside contractor. 2011 Habitat El…
House 2 painted and with windows and security bars installed. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El…
House 2 painted and with windows and security bars installed. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El…
House 2 painted and with windows and security bars installed. 2011 Habitat El Salvador’s Navidad en Acción (Christmas in Action) blitz build in Guadalupe, El…
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