Our Samoa Village Get Hired to Build Canoes!
As you recall, we did a project in Samoa (2012) where we built 16 canoes—one for each family in the village of Matafa’a—to replace those...
Finding Ways to Help in Myanmar (Burma)
Dear MicroAid supporters. I just wanted to let you know I’ve been preparing for the next MicroAid disaster recovery project in Myanmar...
Peru House Completed!
The MicroAid house for the Ormachea-Hermoza family is done! And I am back from four months in Peru. . . It was a big project for us, and...
Behind the Scenes MicroAid Support Team
As you know, I oversee MicroAid projects in the field and I hire local people, to help the economy in addition to the beneficiary family,...
Peru House Project
All in the Family (part 2) Our beneficiary family: the Ormachea-Hermozas. There are twelve who live on the site and dozens of others who...
Peru House Project All in the Family
All in the Family I know I have written mostly about the post-disaster home construction and posted pictures of foundations, columns, and...
MicroAid Builds a New Home for the Ormachea-Hermoza Family –– 2013
In the poor community of Paca Vilcanota in Urubamaba, the Ormachea-Hermoza family lost their home and possessions that took them a...
Peru House Project Update
Country Road Take Me Home Back at work in the Peruvian mountains in Urubamba in the Sacred Valley. Feeling healthy, and positive about...
Poverty is not Picturesque
I spend a lot of time in impoverished areas—ones that have also experienced disasters—so the neighborhoods where I do projects are not...
Living La Vida Loca
Living La Vida Loca After two months in Peru, I think I’ve come to accept the fact that I am not just visiting to do a quick project, I...
