Yesterday, my family went with the Canadian team to the same village I wrote about in my previous posting. The team had built chicken cages for 3 of the families because they are the ones who had lost their crops in the mudslide. The team will also be buying them chicks to raise for eating and selling. This will replace their income from their crops until they can get their crops replanted.
Plus they built one for the widow in the village. She's the one that smiled so pretty for me on the last visit
The team spent several hours moving the mud from the mudslide in the back of a lady's yard so that she could plant a garden. The mud was extremely sticky and heavy and many times when they tried to throw the mud, it would just stick to their shovel. But they accomplished an amazing amount of work while they were there and will return for one more day of work.
My kids helped too. They are awesome workers! I preferred taking pictures although I did get my shoes muddy from helping a little.
Remember that there were 6 people killed from the mudslide but two boys were dug out in time and saved? Here is a picture of the two. When the medical team from Casa Angelina visited a few weeks later, they found that one of these boys had broken his leg and so someone from Casa Angelina helped monetarily so that he could get a cast.
About a foot deep, the mud was still very wet. It hadn't dried yet from over a month ago. The deeper we dug, the worst it got. There were several places that had the consistency of a water bed! Our intent was to be able to plant a garden for a family, but the ground was too sticky/muddy.
ReplyDeleteThe dirt would just cling to the pick/hoe/shovel it was so bad.