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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Another Brick in the Wall
Things continue to move forward with our disaster recovery project in Peru. The Ormachea-Hermoza home now has walls and we are preparing...
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Shout-out to Erin!
A complete oversight all this time: I have neglected to mention Erin O’Rourke, an expat American living and teaching English in Urubamba....
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Peru House Project Update
The Ormachea-Hermoza home construction is going great. The foundation is finished and we are preparing to pour the columns. It was an...
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