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Original Waiting Mothers Shelters
Staking the site during December 2014 site visit
Our Chidamoyo Hospital hosts, Major Mereki and Kathy McCarty
Moving the building components into the container
The loaded container prepares to leave Seattle
The container is unloaded at Chidamoyo Hospital
The first day at the job site. Let the work begin!
Lining out the job site with the transit, the footing is dug.
The footing trench is in, along with some rain
Many goat friends make silly work
Nothing like a good scratch
The goats inspect the rebar cages that will reinforce the building footing
A crazy day of mixing and the footing gets poured in one continuous run
Footing work continues
The building gets a third dimension
Trusses go into place
The building skeleton is in place - beautiful
Strapping goes on to support the roof insulation
The first roof panel is placed
The first roof panel goes on
We had bats in our volunteer quarter rafters. They were harmless, honest.
The Week 2 floor grading crew
Window frames are assembled
The roof crew!
The grading crew tackles a big root!
On our day off we traveled to a local village to see the sites. This is Major's traditional kitchen
Major's traditional outdoor kitchen
Locals make their own bricks, then fire them in these homemade kilns
Mornings were lovely with cool air and gentle breezes... perfect except for the flies!
First windows go in
The first of 65 floor squares is poured.
The first several floor squares are in
Recent and soon-to-be mothers visit
Prepping to add roof strapping
Visiting Major's village
Week 2 volunteers
These chickens visited daily
The first door goes in
Prepping the pad for the water retention tank
Floor pouring continues
Water retention tank is in and full!
Week 3 volunteers
Framing for showers goes in
Many local pregnant moms with Rowena, our pregnant volunteer
This band of gardeners were strolling by with their hoes.
Windows are in and sills are on.
The floor is complete!
A huge septic pit was dug by hand
Septic pit nearly done
Chidamoyo Hospital's kitchen
Carrying the day's firewood for cooking
The first siding goes on
The building is nearly done
Our doula volunteer is showing the pregnant moms some exercises
Applying the soffit
Screwing on siding
Week 5 volunteers
Dragging a container over that will be turned into an HIV consulting office
Placing that container
Prepping the shower walls
Building shelves
Week 6 volunteers
The new garden goes in
The container conversion into a new HIV consulting office is complete
New lighting is added - the first time this hall has had light in 2 years, since a kitchen fire.
Time to celebrate, the hospital staff heads over to the new Waiting Mothers Shelter
Volunteers and hospital staff give thanks to one another
The men lead a celebration dance
The women join in
 

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