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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
