Construction Pictures

Here are a few pictures of what the ongoing construction looks like at the center. The construction is being done by Pastor Mon, Jun, a husband of one of the teachers, a father of one of the students, and from time to time a random assortment of other family/community members donating there time and skills to the project. The tradition of volunteering your time to those in your community who need your help is called Bayanihan here in the Philippines. It is similar to what I would imagine is a "barn raising". I'll do my best to explain what is going on and what the purpsose of the constuction is though, it seems a bit hard to do through these pictures.

Here we start clearing out the area where construction will be taking place.

A good chunk of walls and materials have been removed and intial preperations are being made to start building.




In the foreground is the cement mix while the man kneeling is pouring in the concrete for one of the posts.

Wooden framing for walls quickly goes up.




Kids help by priming some of the metal.

Roofing and wall structures are going up for the extension portion.

Finishing up some measurements for the roof.

Hollow blocks are laid and filled with cement as the outside walls begin to be placed

Jon helps make a few measurements.

Looking out from where the classrooms will be towards the extension. Window jambs, door jambs, plywood, and other materials lay on the floor.

I also had to include a picture of the girls and the lunch they provide everyday for the workers. Masarap!

More pictures to come soon. So much progress everyday.