Our very first accomplishment in the community was rallying the villagers together to help rebuild a beneficiary's house after it burned down.
 
Those who make bricks donated what they could, while others who have timber on their property provided the beams for the roof. The house owners themselves went to slash the new grass and dry it, and those with extra food were able to provide the family with cassava flour and sweet potatoes.

This accomplishment truly helped to empower the community and made them realize that they are indeed capable of helping one another out if they work together.

Due to the nature of the building materials and weather conditions, our huts need to have annual upkeep and new grass thatching on the roofs.














Because of the physical labor involved in doing these repairs, it is common to find elderly people living in very delapidated huts. Rain, insects, dust and cold easily enter their homes, putting them at more health risk to illnesses such as Pneumonia, Jiggers (burrowing vermin), snake bite, malaria and mold growth.













90+% of our beneficiaries require repairs to their houses, and this is one of the most common services we focus on.

Since the traditional grasslands people used to collect the thatching grass from have been destroyed to make way for agriculture, we must now travel a long distance to find this grass. That requires hiring a vehicle to haul the grass back, and sometimes paying a property owner for access to the grass.

We are currently looking for alternative natural roofing materials, but until we find that solution, we must make do with what the situation provides us.