A donation had been made in which we could build houses. The greatest challenge was to decide who would receive a new house? There were three different types of houses that we could build. One of blocks, cement slats or of metal. We ruled out the first, which is the best, but was too costly. The metal house is good for the poorest and do not own the land and may need to move. They just knock out the nails and rebuild somewhere else. For those who did own the land the cement slats were the most economical.
We had just started to look at who in the parish community most needed a house when we heard about Nati, a seventy-five year old man who had lost his leg over 30 years a go in an accident. There was a horrible wind storm and his house fell on him, fracturing the other leg. He was living in a tentlike fixture that the neighbors had built him. There was some debate and question on whether we should build a house for a 75 year old man or use the money to build a more secure house for a family. The family had a house, not in great shape, but much better conditions then Nati and so the decision was to build our first house for Natividad.
Youth carrying Nati to get exrays Nati's old house
Nati watching them destroy and clean up his old house
The Youth were slipping and sliding as they moved the cement wall boards in the pouring down rain
Painting and moving Nati into his new home
Nati' s new house
Building a home for a family of Four
Meeting in the old house to talk about the new
Taking bags of cement to the house Carrying sand from the river
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