“We are unashamedly Christian and enthusiastically ecumenical, believing God’s love extends to everyone.” In response, we enrich lives by building community.
Our mission is to serve in faithful partnership with the landless poor to build housing and communities that adequately address the diverse needs of families–such as access to clean water, health care, and education–in order to build sustainable, independent communities and promote economic opportunity.
Connecticut Team Completes Weeks of Work in 4 Days
In mid February we hosted the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, Connecticut. The team consisted of 15 high school students and 15 parents/adults. This was a different and somewhat challenging team dynamic for us and the week did not exactly go smoothly. Despite at least half the team getting sick to various degrees throughout the week, we got a great deal of work done in 4 days. We poured two floors, the walls for one house, prepared the foundation for a new duplex, and dug two holes for septic tanks. Though they started dropping like flies, the team finished the finished the week by throwing a big party for all the workers and people who helped throughout the week. Positive feedback has not stopped. View photo album
Going Green with 107 New Trees in Villa Fuller
volunteers sort trees
While El Salvador coordinator Michael Bonderer recently spent time in Haiti, the remaining staff in El Salvador kept busy on several projects. One project was addressing the long term need for vegetation and life in Villa Fuller. The project in Santa Clara is located in a rural setting in farm land and temperatures on the work site can seem unbearable at times. However, since the land was formerly a dry, dusty plot there is almost no shade except for that of our homes. In the quest for relief Zuze Bonderer made several appeals for trees from local government agencies. Once assembled, the collection of trees at Villa Fuller was a jungle of trees and shrubs of all sizes. There were orange, lemon, and other fruit trees along with flowering trees and a wide variety of shrubs and bushes.
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