Our first day of work was a real eye opener! Our construction and safety standards in Canada are MUCH too rigid! Children and kittens are absolutely allowed to be on the job site:)
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| Paola, Alejandro & Michelle |
Our host family greeted us around 8:15 and we got our first look at our task. The house we are building is behind Carolina's mom's home which we walk through to get to the construction. As per my previous post, a qualified HFH recipient must own the land, have the means to repay the debt and show need. Carolinas was living in the back of the lot in a small structure which was torn down prior to our arrival.
Jose is the job site Mason/Maestro and he has his brother apprenticing. Edi is 14 and just started working.
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| Site Prior to our start |
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| Jose Y Edi |
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| 4 Amigos: Adrian, Hillary, Rosalyn and Stephanie |
We started the day with the women cutting fine Re-bar and Adrian working with Edi digging a trench around entire circumference for the foundations. The two of them were feeding off of each other's energy. It was amazing to watch, but all of us ladies were worried Adrian would over do it and he is our only man volunteer and we really need him!
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| Rebar support for the walls |
At the end of the day our driver, Eric, drove us back to the hotel.
There is a bavarian beer house across the street from us, we have been stopping there for a beer every evening so far and last night was not an exception! I really need to get a picture of the waitress, a small older Mayan woman dressed in German Octoberfest garb! I'm thinking this is the place for Graeme to visit since he loves Germany during Octoberfest :)
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