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HOUSING - Building #3
We need more housing to take in more children and have room for more staff. With $34,600 we can finish this needed building. Please mark your donation - whether big or small - with "building fund". Go to the DONATION page for details.
Image: June 12, 2011
Well
and watertower were completed in July 07, and after a five-week break
because of lack of funds, work on the wall around the property was continued
and completed in the beginning of Oct 07. The first house went up, and
though unfinished, we moved into it on February 4th, 08. After a 6-week
work stop for lack of finances, work was picked up again to finish our
house which was completed in April 08. Work on the dining hall started
immediately with the goal of having our services inside during rainy season,
having another family move in, and allowing street children to spend the
night on our property in safety. On June 11, 08, construction stopped
for lack of funds, but was being picked up again in the last half of July
to proceed for another two months. In August the roof was put up, and
in September most doors and windows were put in. On September 12, 2008,
the street kids started spending the night inside. After a pause, construction
slowly started progressing again as funds were coming in one dollar at
the time. In January 2009 the walls were plastered, and in June we were
able to put the lights and fans in. In August we received the funds to
finish the house. The first week of September the tiles were laid, and
the bricks were ready for house #3 for the walls to come up. In September
2009 they were working on the foundation and walls for house #3 (number
1 on plan below). In October the dining hall was painted inside and out
and finally finished. Construction on house #3 stopped end of September
2009, and after a 7-month-break was picked up again in April 2010. By
the middle of May they finished raising the walls all the way up to roof
level, and in June they finished the roof. Then they added the little
room on top of the roof, and finished that part in the middle of July.
Now we have to do the wiring and plumbing. At the end of January 2011
we continued working on the space between the first two houses and finished
it in the beginning of February. From February to April 2011 we worked
on the add-on apartment on top of the dining hall, and finished it the
first week of May. Once it was done, the workers immediately continued
work on the third house that had remained untouched for 9 months and worked
until the end of June when money ran out again.
(updated Aug 7)
Watch as the houses go up on the compound.
Pray
for our construction manager Kossi in Mali (on the left, his work team
below) who is responsible for building our base.
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Property Facts:Located in Yirimadio, on the edge of the capital, on the road leading out of town to the east and north. A poor neighborhood, without electricity, sewage system or city water. A small hill to its very north, the ground is very rocky. Size: 3020 sq.m. or 32,500 sq.ft. or 0.75 acres Description: 1
Duplex
for staff |
BUILT
- June 2007-Oct 2009
| Well & Water Tower | 32,000 USD | 23,000 EUR |
| Wall around Property (254m) | 22,000 USD | 15.700 EUR |
| Staff Housing - look
at plan watch construction: front - side/back |
56,000 USD | 38.400 EUR |
| Solar Power System | 72,000 USD | 53.000 EUR |
| Dining Hall - look
at plan watch construction: front/inside - side/back |
48,500 USD | 34.000 EUR |
| Dining Hall Add-on (apartment) | 11,000 USD | 9.000 EUR |
BEING BUILT NOW – Sep 2009-Nov 2011
| More Housing - look at plan | 70,000 USD | 49.200 EUR | provided: 24.600 EUR |
YET TO BE BUILT – Nov 2011-Nov 2013
| Leveling of Ground |
50,000 USD |
36.100 EUR |
provided: 3.800 EUR |
| Shops & workshops |
170,000 USD |
113.300 EUR |
|
| First floor (offices, auditorium) - look at plan | 413,000
USD |
275.000
EUR |
|
| Second floor (school) | 263,000
USD |
175.000
EUR |
|
| Third floor (dorms) | 335,000
USD |
223.000
EUR |
Start: June 2007
Finish: Nov 2017
Estimated costs: $1.540,000 or €1,043.500
Progress in Pictures
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