Habitat Global Village 2019 Upgrades Area 1

Near San Juan Argueta Guatemala – 2019. In addition to building houses for families in need, Habitat for Humanity Guatemala works to improve the quality of life for Guatemalan families by providing sanitary latrines, smokeless stoves and water filters. Each day of our build several members of the team went to a rural farming community near the town of San Juan Argueta and built a latrine and stove for a family. I’m sure that there are not many families in Canada who would consider these as life improving amenities.
Small farms near town of San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
The base of the stove. The family made the adobe blocks needed for the stove, San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
Alex Perry, the Global Village Manager for Guatemala
Our first latrine. The home owner had dug the hole before we arrived. The floor was prefabricated and we built the walls. Easy work. San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
The lady in charge of this house. She is 18 years old, married and has a child, San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
The mud (mortar) mixing area and cleansing room, San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
The village and corn fields, near town of San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
The house compound that we were working in near town of San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
A village near town of San Juan Argueta, Guatemala
The new stove. This has to “cure” for a week before it can be used. Habitat Guatemala will return to install the chimney when it is ready to use. San Juan…
Equipment used to make the adobe blocks used for the latrine and stove – a mould resting against the sieve to prepare the dirt to which a little bit of cement…
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