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Home About Us What We Believe News/Photos Contact Us	Since the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, children from the orphanage are sleeping in military-type tents set up in the courtyard area of the rental house. Site of the new orphanage before construction began. After the land was cleared, a well was drilled to provide water for the new orphanage. Construction began in June 2010 when a team from Iowa & Nebraska arrived to set footings and begin block work on the dormitory and shower buildings. Everything must be done by hand from digging out footings with a pick-axe to carrying cement for the footings bucket by bucket. Haitians and Americans worked side-by-side to build a safe home for the children. Haitian workers were anxious to learn new ways to construct buildings that will withstand tropical storms and earthquakes. When the US team left in June, the Haitian workers remained busy completing the walls and pouring the floors in the dormitories and the courtyard area. In July 2010, another team from the Iowa/Nebraska area returned to show the Haitian workers how to construct a roof truss system. (Concrete roofs are the norm in Haiti and the reason many people were crushed in the earthquake.) This new system will provide shelter from the sun and rain without the danger of crush injuries. During the 4-day July trip, 80+ trusses were assembled. The Haitian workers will attach the roofing panels, finish the interior walls and install a septic system. In August, another team from the Omaha area will return to complete electrical, plumbing and painting. After a hard day's work, it's time for a little fun with the children. The goal is to move the 51 children to the new orphanage site by September 2010.	DONATE NOW

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Since the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, children from the orphanage are sleeping in military-type tents set up in the courtyard area of the rental house.

Site of the new orphanage before construction began.

After the land was cleared, a well was drilled to provide water for the new orphanage.

Construction began in June 2010 when a team from Iowa & Nebraska arrived to set footings and begin block work on the dormitory and shower buildings. Everything must be done by hand from digging out footings with a pick-axe to carrying cement for the footings bucket by bucket.

Haitians and Americans worked side-by-side to build a safe home for the children.

Haitian workers were anxious to learn new ways to construct buildings that will withstand tropical storms and earthquakes.

When the US team left in June, the Haitian workers remained busy completing the walls and pouring the floors in the dormitories and the courtyard area.

In July 2010, another team from the Iowa/Nebraska area returned to show the Haitian workers how to construct a roof truss system. (Concrete roofs are the norm in Haiti and the reason many people were crushed in the earthquake.) This new system will provide shelter from the sun and rain without the danger of crush injuries.

During the 4-day July trip, 80+ trusses were assembled. The Haitian workers will attach the roofing panels, finish the interior walls and install a septic system. In August, another team from the Omaha area will return to complete electrical, plumbing and painting.

After a hard day's work, it's time for a little fun with the children.

The goal is to move the 51 children to the new orphanage site by September 2010.