Plan Grande Habitat Build Site

Plan Grande, Honduras – 2014. The Plan Grande Cooperative site is near a town called Plan Grande which was a 40 minute drive from Santa Cruz de Yojoa. The site was quite remote (Lat 15˚ 3’24.60”N, Log 87˚ 46’3.50”W) and about a kilometer from the nearest road. No electricity and no running water.
This lumber was sawn with a chainsaw and stacked to dry. It will be used for the roof joists and other wood needs. Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande,…
The crew preparing to transfer a tank of water from the truck to the build site water tanks. Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
This guy is carrying 3 bags of cement – 100lbs (45kg) per bag. Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Digging out a pine tree root. A full day’s work for six Canadians. Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Manual attachment of the water pipe. Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Mixing mud to use as mortar for the adobe blocks, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
The macho team trying to remove the stump, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Rain day – digging footings at an alternate site in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
Rain day – digging footings at an alternate site in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
Adobe blocks that were left out on the rain. Turning to mud and no longer usable, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Scraping the top soil to use as mortar , Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Non-union shovel taking a break between batches of cement, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
A rain filled stump hole on the site of house number two, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Bucket brigade emptying a stump hole, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
The Habitat for Humanity build site at the start of the second week of work, Plane Grande, Honduras
A second pile of adobe blocks which was stored about a kilometre from the work site, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Laying adobe blocks using mud as mortar, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Nelson, the mason in charge of the build site, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
A close-up of an adobe block wall, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
Building progress on the Thursday of week two, Habitat for Humanity build, Plane Grande, Honduras
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